Mount Adams Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park

Name: Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
Address: Adirondack Park, United States

#139 among attractions in Adirondack Park

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The Mount Adams Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Adams at Newcomb in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 56-foot-tall, steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a foot trail leading up the 3,250 foot summit, and the 1922 observers cabin with shed and privy. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Park from the hazards of forest fires. ()

Built: 1917 (107 years ago)Coordinates: 44°4'52"N, 74°3'21"W

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Adirondack Park United States

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Mount Adams Fire Observation Station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Avalanche Lake, Lake Colden, Algonquin Peak, Mount Colden.

5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
145 min walk • Avalanche Lake is a 9-acre mountain lake located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York. Avalanche Lake sits at 2885 feet between 4,714-foot Mount Colden and-3816 foot Avalanche Mountain.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
122 min walk • Lake Colden is a 41-acre lake located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York, United States. Lake Colden sits at 2764 feet at the western base of 4,714-foot Mount Colden.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Algonquin Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
141 min walk • Algonquin Peak is in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, in Essex County, New York. It is the second highest mountain in New York, and one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks in Adirondack Park.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Colden, High Peaks Wilderness Area
145 min walk • Mount Colden is the eleventh-highest peak in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States. The peak was named after David S. Colden, an investor in the McIntyre Iron Works, in 1836. The peak was briefly renamed "Mount McMartin" the next year, but the older name persisted.
6.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wright Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
158 min walk • Wright Peak is the 16th highest peak in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park, and is located in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, New York, in Essex County, New York. Named for N.Y.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Iroquois Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
123 min walk • Iroquois Peak is the eighth-highest peak in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State, U.S. and is part of the MacIntyre Range, which also includes Wright Peak, Mount Marshall, and Algonquin Peak.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Santanoni Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
95 min walk • Santanoni Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks.
4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wallface Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
104 min walk • Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side. Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Panther Peak, High Peaks Wilderness Area
102 min walk • Panther Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks. Panther Peak is flanked to the west by Couchsachraga Peak, and to the south by Santanoni Peak.
0.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Henderson Lake, High Peaks Wilderness Area
24 min walk • Henderson Lake is a lake in the Adirondack mountains in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York in the United States. It was named in 1826 after David Henderson, one of the founders of the Elba Iron Works near Lake Placid, New York, and of the Upper Works at Tahawus, New York.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cliff Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
110 min walk • Cliff Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Marcy Group of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Cliff is flanked to the southeast by Mount Redfield.