BERRY HILL
Chenango County
DESIGNATION - BERRY HILL FIRETOWER
PID - NA2255
STATE/COUNTY- NY/CHENANGO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - EAST PHARSALIA (1976)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (RAE)
STATION IS ABOUT 9 MILES W OF NORWICH AND 0.5 MILE S OF STATE
HIGHWAY 319, ON LAND LEASED BY THE NEW YORK FORESTRY COMMISSION.
IT IS A LOOKOUT OF THE NEW YORK FORESTRY COMMISSION. THE TOWER
IS 69 FEET IN HEIGHT AND IS A STEEL, FOUR-LEGGED STRUCTURE
WITH A STEEL ENCLOSED CABIN AT THE TOP.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION BERRY
HILL TO THE CENTER OF THE FIRETOWER AT THE GROUND. THE
DISTANCE IS 8.270 METERS, 27.12 FEET. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON
WAS THE APEX OF THE ROOF.
TO REACH STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 12 AND
319 AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IN NORWICH, GO W ON STATE HIGHWAY 319
FOR 8.95 MILES TO A GRAVELED T-ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO 0.3
MILE TO A FARM ENTRANCE LANE, THEN RIGHT FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE
HOUSE AND A GATE BETWEEN THE BARN AND GARAGE, PASS THROUGH GATE
AND FOLLOW DIM TRACKS TO THE TOP OF HILL AND STATION.