PARKER CABIN MOUNTAIN
Orange County - Harriman State Park
May 23, 1928: "A fourth tower of wooden construction on Parker Cabin Mountain, four miles northeast of Tuxedo, has proved effective in aiding the discovery of fire in the Harriman State Park during the hazardous Spring season just past, it was announced today by the Interstate Park Commissioners." (Nyack Evening Journal)
May 31, 1928: "The improved and amplified system of protection against brush and wood fires in the Harriman State Park, in the Hudson Highlands, the largest division of the Palisades Interstate Park along the west bank of the Hudson demonstrated its effectiveness during the spring season of fire hazard in April and May. Discovery of fires was prompt through the observers kept on continuous duty on dry and windy days.
The equipment for discovery of woods fires is based on four observation towers, three new steel eighty foot ones and an older wooden tower on Parker Cabin Mountain, 1200 feet, four miles northeast of Tuxedo, on the western border of the preserve." (The Rockland County Leader)
August 17, 1928: "Thirty scouts enjoyed the many activities at Camp Winaki, Rockland County's Boy Scout Camp on Lake Sebago during the past week. On Monday a large party hiked to the tower on Parker Cabin Mountain while two of the older scouts went on an overnight hike to Jackie Jones Tower." (Pearl River News)
November 27, 1930: "The fourth of these towers is on Parker Cabin Mountain, on the western border of the park, looking toward the Ramapo River valley and the mountains east of Greenwood Lake. One may reach it by motor, by using the Seven Lakes Drive, parking just below the top of the rise going west from Kanawauke Lakes, or just beyond the top of that rise if going east after passing Lake Stahahe, the first lake after you enter the park from Tuxedo. An old road turns off the Drive into the notch between Ton Jones, the sugar loaf shaped mountain west of Kanawauke Lakes, and Parker Cabin Mountain. Follow it a quarter of a mile and pick up the Tuxedo Tom Jones trail, which follow left (west) up to the summit to the wooden tower, which raises you above the trees for a wide view in that section of the park and the country westward." (The Rockland County Leader)