Where in the ADK Wednesday: Owl’s Head Mountain Fire Tower
You can still scale the heights of an iconic fire tower in the ADK.
View from Owl’s Head Mountain Fire Tower
This week’s “Where in the ADK?” comes from Hamilton County and the summit of Owl’s Head Mountain. It is one of the last remaining fire towers in the ADK. Although, they have been decommissioned, these fire towers offer spectacular views and an incredible peek into what life must have been like for the ADK forest rangers of yore. For nearly a century, observers monitored New York State forests from more than 100 towers perched atop the Empire State’s loftiest peaks, on high alert for dangerous, telltale signs of forest fires. Half of those towers were located in the Adirondacks.
Check out our webpage on Owl’s Head Mountain and a brief history of Fire Towers in the ADK.
