NEW YORK
ALMA HILLAllegany County
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AMPERSAND MOUNTAINFranklin County
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ARAB MOUNTAINSt. Lawrence County
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AZURE MOUNTAINFranklin County
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BALD MOUNTAINLewis County
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BALSAM LAKE MOUNTAINUlster County
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BAY SHORESuffolk County
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BEACON MOUNTAINDutchess County
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BEAR MOUNTAIN (PERKINS MEMORIAL)Orange County
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BEAVER LAKE MOUNTAINHerkimer County
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BEEBE HILLColumbia County
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BELFRY MOUNTAINEssex County
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BELLE AYREUlster County
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BERLIN MOUNTAINRensselaer County
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BERRY HILLChenango County
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BLACK MOUNTAINWashington County
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BLACK ROCK FORESTOrange County
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BLUE MOUNTAINHamilton County
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BOREAS MOUNTAINEssex County
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BOVA MOUNTAINCattaraugus County
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BRAMLEY MOUNTAINDelaware County
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BROOKFIELDMadison County
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BUCK MOUNTAINHamilton County
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CAMP UPTONSuffolk County
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CASTOR HILLOswego County
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CAT MOUNTAINSt Lawrence County
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CATAMOUNT MOUNTAINSt Lawrence County
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CATHEAD MOUNTAINHamilton County
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CATHEDRAL ROCK |
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CENTRAL ISLIPSuffolk County
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CHAPIN HILLSullivan County
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CHENANGO LAKEChenango County
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CHERRY SPRINGS |
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CLOCKSuffolk County
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CLOVE MOUNTAINDuchess County
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COLFAX MOUNTAINWashington County
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CORNELL HILLSaratoga County
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CRANE MOUNTAINWarren County
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CROSS RIVERWestchester County
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DAIRY HILLHerkimer County
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DeBAR MOUNTAINFranklin County
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DIAMOND MOUNTAINRockland County
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DICKINSON HILLRensselaer County
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DIX HILLSSuffolk County
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DUN BROOK MOUNTAINHamilton County
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ERWIN GAME REFUGE (BEARTOWN HILL)Stueben County
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FINGERBOARD MOUNTAINOrange County
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FLANDERS HILLSuffolk County
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FORT NOBLE MOUNTAINHerkimer County
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GALLIS HILLUlster County
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GEORGETOWN MOUNTAINMadison County
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GILBERT LAKEOtsego County
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GOMER HILLLewis County
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GOODNOW MOUNTAINEssex County
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GORE MOUNTAINWarren County
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GRAHAM MOUNTAIN
Orange County
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HADLEY MOUNTAINSaratoga County
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HAMILTON MOUNTAINHamilton County
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HARTZFELT MOUNTAINROCK CITY HILL)Cattaraugus County
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HIGH POINTUlster County
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HOOKER HILLOtsego County
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HUNTER MOUNTAINGreene County
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HURRICANE MOUNTAINEssex County
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INGRAHAM HILLBroome County
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JACKIE JONESRockland County
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JERSEY HILL (WEST ALMOND)Allegany County
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KANE MOUNTAINFulton County
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KEMPSHALL MOUNTAINHamilton County
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KINGS PARKSuffolk County
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LEONARD HILLSchoharie County
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LOON LAKE MOUNTAINFranklin County
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LYON MOUNTAINClinton County
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MAKOMAS MOUNTAINEssex County
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c.1912 - 2nd Annual Report of the Conservation Commission
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MANETTO HILLNassau County
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May 19, 1922: "Robert Schwarsenbach is just completing on the highest spot of Manetto Hill a fire observation tower, to serve primarily as a watch tower for forest fires in the South Woods district. Although Mr. Schwarsenbach will be glad to have his neighbors enjoy the view from this tower, he feels that an unrestricted access in his woods would bring with it serious dangers, as was shown by a forest fire here last Sunday, which was apparently started by a lighted match or cigarette dropped by a careless visitor. He has therefore decided that to go through the woods of Manetto Hill Farm, visitors will be required to get a permit at the poultryman's cottage, which permit is to be handed over to the watchman at the tower. Members of the South Woods Nature Club will have access by showing their membership card.
These permits do not entitle one to admission to the grounds near the house and the reservoir, which are marked as 'private.' Everyone is requested to be very careful not to smoke, not to pick the wild flowers, and not to start campfires. Do not leave papers and bottles around, and you will be welcome another time.
H.E. VAN GELDER, Superintendent " (Long Islander)
McCARTY HILLCattaraugus County
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May 15, 1940: "Work is under way on a new fire observation tower on McCarty Hill, between Mutton Hollow and Whig Street, overlooking wide forest tracks from Little Valley and Elliottville to Allegany State Park, south of Salamanca.
Ground was broken Monday by workers from the Hungry Hollow CCC camp for the concrete piers for the steel tower. The tower will be eighty-two and a half feet high, with a glassed-in observation cabin at its top.
Construction of the tower is expected to be complete early in the summer, when a ranger from the State Conservation Department will be assigned to the location to watch for fires in the surrounding forests. A cabin for the observer will be built by the CCC near the base of the tower.
The new tower is close to the highway constructed by the CCC from Mutton Hollow to Whig Street, north of the city." (Olean Times Herald)
Ground was broken Monday by workers from the Hungry Hollow CCC camp for the concrete piers for the steel tower. The tower will be eighty-two and a half feet high, with a glassed-in observation cabin at its top.
Construction of the tower is expected to be complete early in the summer, when a ranger from the State Conservation Department will be assigned to the location to watch for fires in the surrounding forests. A cabin for the observer will be built by the CCC near the base of the tower.
The new tower is close to the highway constructed by the CCC from Mutton Hollow to Whig Street, north of the city." (Olean Times Herald)
November 1, 1940: "During the remainder of hunting season, certain areas near Company 246, CCC Camp S-106, near Salamanca, will posted to hunters while CCC workers are working in those areas, according to the company commander.
These areas are posted:
1. Along the Rock City Truck trail near the camp.
2. Along the Mutton Hollow Truck trail from the site of the new fire tower on McCarty Hill to about one mile from Great Valley.
3. From CCC Camp to McCarty Hill along the new Irish Hill truck trail." (Olean Times Herald)
MEENAHGA MOUNTAINFranklin County
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MOHONK MOUNTAINUlster County
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MOOSE RIVER
Lewis County
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1912: The Conservation Commission established a lookout station at this point. (#2)
1919: "The location of the Moose River Mountain Station has been changed from its old location on the highway from McKeever to Port Leyden to a hill between Fulton Chain and Big Otter Lake, from which a far better view is obtainable." (9th Annual Report of the Conservation Commission)
MOOSE RIVER MOUNTAIN
Herkimer County
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MOOSEHEAD MOUNTAINSt Lawrence County
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MORGAN HILLCortland County
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MOUNT ADAMSEssex County
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MOUNT ELECTRA
Herkimer County
MOUNT IRVINE
Cattaraugus County
MOUNT MORRISFranklin County
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MOUNT TREMPERUlster County
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MOUNT TUSCARORA
Cattaraugus County
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Postcard, p/m-1944 - Ron Kemnow Collection
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NELSON MOUNTAIN
Westchester County
NEW BOSTON
Lewis County
NINHAM MOUNTAINPutnam County
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NUMBER FOURLewis County
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NUMBER SEVEN HILL
Rensselaer County
1922: "During the winter of 1921-1922 a suitable observation station site to cover the bulk of the forest and woodland in Rensselaer County was selected on Number Seven Hill, just north of the village of West Stephentown. The commission brought to the attention of the board of supervisors of Rensselaer County the advantages of such a station and urged that the fourteen towns of the county contribute $100 each to defray the expense of putting in a standard tower and telephone line.
Twelve of the fourteen towns responded by voting the requested contribution. The Towns of Sand Lake and Schaghticoke have so far refused to co-operate as towns, although influential citizens of Sand Lake have agreed to raise by personal subscription the contribution due from their town.
The telephone line to Number Seven Hill has been built; a sixty-foot observation tower has been purchased and erected. In the meantime, on account of the exceptional dry weather during the fall, a temporary observatory was prepared and an observer placed on duty." (#5)
OAKDALESuffolk County
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OHMER MOUNTAINSaratoga County
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OVERLOOK MOUNTAINUlster County
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OWLSHEAD MOUNTAINHamilton County
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PADLOCKTompkins County
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PAGE PONDBroome County
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PALMER HILL
Clinton County
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1930 - 20th Annual Report of the Conservation Department
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October 2, 1930: "Albert Tebeau of Owl's Head, in charge of construction of watchtowers, for fire rangers under the state conservation commission, is supervising the erection of a sixty-foot cast steel tower on Palmer Hill, and will in the near future perform the same duty in connection with the erection of a twenty-five foot tower at the top of Whiteface Mountain." (Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post)
1930: The tower erected at Palmer Hill is to supplement the Whiteface Mountain tower. It is located in an area where early spring and late fall fires are of frequent occurrence, and because of inability to operate Whiteface Mountain tower during these periods, the fires were frequently of large area before being reported by a more remote tower. Inasmuch as this tower is to be in use during periods of the spring and fall when the Whiteface Tower is closed,