Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park

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

#21 among attractions in Adirondack Park

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Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station

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The Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hurricane Mountain at Keene in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 35-foot-tall, steel frame lookout tower erected in 1919, two trails leading up the 3,694-foot summit, and the ruins of a lean-to style observers cabin. 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: 1919 (105 years ago)Coordinates: 44°14'7"N, 73°42'36"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Jay Mountain, Beer's Bridge, Hurricane Mountain, Giant Mountain.

5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jay Mountain, Adirondack Park
142 min walk • Jay Mountain is the 79th highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains. It is located in Essex County, New York, in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, within the towns of Jay and Lewis.
5.8 miSW
Bridge
Beer's Bridge, Adirondack Park
147 min walk • Beer's Bridge is a historic Pratt Pony truss bridge over the Ausable River at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1900 by the Pratt, Tomas & Caleb Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
0.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hurricane Mountain, Adirondack Park
18 min walk • Hurricane Mountain is a 3,688-foot-tall mountain near Keene in the north of the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in New York, United States.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Giant Mountain, Adirondack Park
123 min walk • Giant Mountain is the twelfth-highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park, in New York, USA. The peak is also known as "Giant of the Valley," due to its stature looking over Keene Valley and St. Huberts to the west.
4.4 miW
Bridge
Walton Bridge, Keene
113 min walk • The Walton Bridge in Keene, New York was built in c. 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It was destroyed in the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene on August 29, 2011.
5.2 miSW
Bridge
Ranney Bridge, Adirondack Park
133 min walk • Ranney Bridge is a historic Pratt Pony Truss Bridge over the Ausable River at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1902 and was built by the Canton Iron Bridge Company.
4.9 miSW
Library, Shingle style architecture
Keene Valley Library, Adirondack Park
125 min walk • Keene Valley Library is a historic library building located at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. The original building was built in 1896, with additions completed in 1923, 1931, 1962, and 1985.
4.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Park
123 min walk • The Jay Mountain Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, lies within the towns of Jay and Lewis in Essex County, New York. It is bounded by Glen Road on the south and private land boundaries elsewhere, except where the road west of Mt. Fay divides an appendage of state lands.
4.8 miSW
Bridge
Notman Bridge, Adirondack Park
122 min walk • Notman Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge over the Ausable River at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1913 and is an arch bridge faced with stone, 16 feet wide and spanning 62 feet, 6 inches at roughly 14 feet above water level.