Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park

Name: Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station
Address: Adirondack Park, United States

#129 among attractions in Adirondack Park

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Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park

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The Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Kane Mountain at Caroga in Fulton County, New York. The station includes a 60-foot-tall, steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1925, an observer's cabin built about 1960, and foot trail. The tower and trail are contributing resources. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires. ()

Built: 1925 (99 years ago)Coordinates: 43°10'29"N, 74°31'4"W

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Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kane Mountain, East Caroga Lake, Sheeley Mountain, Camelhump.

0.4 miN
Mountain
Kane Mountain, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
12 min walk • Kane Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located north of the Hamlet of Canada Lake. The Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain.
3.7 miSE
Lake
East Caroga Lake
95 min walk • East Caroga Lake is located in the Town of Caroga by Caroga Lake, New York. The lake provides excellent warm water fishing and rainbow trout fishing. The lake is connected to West Caroga Lake by a small channel. Origin of the name, "Caroga" is derived from the once nearby Indian Village known as "Caroga".
1.4 miSE
Mountain
Sheeley Mountain
36 min walk • Sheeley Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located northwest of the Hamlet of Caroga Lake. Kane Mountain is located north-northwest, Canada Lake is located north and West Caroga Lake is located south-southeast of Sheeley Mountain.
1.6 miNE
Mountain
Camelhump, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
41 min walk • Camelhump is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located north-northwest of the Hamlet of Caroga Lake. Kane Mountain is located west, Canada Lake is located southwest and Stewart Lake is located east of Camelhump.
2.8 miSE
Lake
West Caroga Lake
73 min walk • West Caroga Lake is located in the Town of Caroga by Caroga Lake, New York. The lake is known for excellent warm water fishing, but it also offers the only location to fish for splake in the county.
6.8 miSE
Lake
Peck Lake, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
173 min walk • Peck Lake is man-made lake in the Town of Bleecker, New York in Fulton County, in the southern Adirondack region. It was created with a dam and combined the old Peck's Pond, East Lake, and Gould Lake. The lake is named after John Peck.
5.5 miNW
Lake
Spectacle Lake
140 min walk • Spectacle Lake is a lake northeast of Stratford, New York. Fish species present in the lake are chain pickerel, black bullhead, yellow perch, and pumpkinseed sunfish. There is carry down access via trail off NY-10 and a second off NY-29A. The largest island has a primitive campsite on it.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Pleasant Lake, Adirondack Park
109 min walk • Pleasant Lake is a small private lake located in Stratford, Fulton County, New York in the southern Adirondack Park.
0.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Canada Lake, Adirondack Park
15 min walk • Canada Lake is a lake located in the Town of Caroga in Fulton County in the U.S. State of New York. Unlike the nearby Caroga lakes, Canada Lake is very deep which provides colder water for species such as trout to survive.
4.8 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
West Creek Lake, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
123 min walk • West Creek Lake is a lake located south of Hoffmeister, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and sunfish. There is a trail access to the lake.
4.2 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Bochen Lake, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
107 min walk • Bochen Lake is a lake located south of Morehouseville, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and brown trout. There is a trail access on the west shore.