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131, New York 14
Catskill State Forest Preserve
Greene County, New York
Elevation: 4040'
Coordinates: N42.1774 W74.2306
Administrative Unit: N.Y. Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Cooperators: N.Y. Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Region 4 and the
Forest Fire Lookout Association
Date Registered: 7 /15/1995
To Topographical Map
Hunter Mountain has been a landmark in the Catskill Mountains of New York
since the region was settled in the late 1700s. This station is one of the
first facilities operated by Forest Fire Control. Established in 1909 with a
tower made of timbers found at the mountain top the station was established
at the 4, 000 foot elevation of the mountain, 40 feet shy of the true
summit. In 1917 the present 60' steel Aermotor LS-40 tower was erected next
to the wood tower site, and it remained at the 4,000 foot elevation until in
1950 the tower was dismantled and re-erected at the current location on the
summit of 4,040 feet. The tower has been fully restored and is open to the
public. The facility is also registered on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Additional photos courtesy of Bill Starr, NHLR State Registrar:
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Wood Tower 1909 (NYS-DEC photo) |
Tower & Cabin
2/27/05 (Warren Johnsen photo) |
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| Flyover 1978 (NYS-DEC
photo) |
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