New York Fire Towers (by County)

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Lookout Structures and Sites
CountyNameLatLongTypeStatusNHLR/FFLOS
AlleganyAlma Hill42.04976-78.01363TowerStandingNHLR US 1595, NY 47
AlleganyJersey Hill42.35190-77.88454TowerGoneFFLOS US 1595, NY 12
BroomeIngraham Hill42.06191-75.95071TowerGone 
BroomePage Pond Hill42.14751-75.49573TowerStanding 
CattaraugusAdministration Hill
(Red House)
42.10195-78.75477TowerGone 
CattaraugusBova Mountain42.09916-78.71584TowerGone 
CattaraugusHartzfelt Hill42.02369-78.45743TowerGone 
CattaraugusIrvine, Mount42.06283-78.66767TowerGone 
CattaraugusMcCarty Hill42.25638-78.69500TowerGone 
CattaraugusPine Creek
(Venison Hill)
42.08896-78.86361TowerStanding 
CattaraugusSalamanca42.19956-78.71266Platform TowerStanding 
CattaraugusScience Hill41.99972-78.72167TowerGone 
CattaraugusSeneca, Mount42.01765-78.81122Platform TowerGone 
CattaraugusSummit Hill42.12587-78.70121TowerStanding 
CattaraugusTuscarora, Mount42.02161-78.86078TowerStanding 
ChenangoBerry Hill42.54977-75.69023TowerStandingNHLR US 54, NY 3
ChenangoChenango Lake42.54757-75.45237TowerGone 
ClintonLyon Mountain44.70476-73.86273TowerStandingNHLR US 1174, NY 39
ClintonPalmer Hill44.46580-73.67438TowerStanding 
ClintonPine Ridge44.85629-73.59235Open TowerStanding 
CloumbiaBeebe Hill42.33621-73.48633TowerStandingNHLR US 242, NY 19
ColumbiaWashburn Mountain42.10661-73.51553TowerGoneFFLOS US 545, NY 3
CortlandMorgan Hill42.76783-75.99763TowerGone 
DelawareBramley Mountain42.29734-74.81795TowerStanding 
DelawareRock Rift Mountain42.10390-75.22673TowerStandingNHLR US 1183, NY 41
DelawareTwadell Point Mountain42.00326-75.11731TowerStanding 
DelawareUtsayantha Mountain42.39906-74.58956TowerStandingNHLR US 1073, NY 35
DutchessBeacon Mountain41.48139-73.94461TowerStandingNHLR US 655, NY 28
DutchessClove Mountain41.68839-73.69297TowerStanding 
DutchessStissing Mountain41.96418-73.68756TowerStandingNHLR US 1277, NY 45
EssexAdams, Mount44.08688-74.02546TowerStandingNHLR US 549, NY 25
EssexBelfry Mountain44.09784-73.54792TowerStandingNHLR US 1173, NY 38
EssexBoreas Mountain44.00312-73.88068TowerGone 
EssexGoodnow Mountain43.96009-74.20988TowerStandingNHLR US 537, NY 24
EssexHurricane Mountain44.23530-73.71012TowerStandingNHLR US 644, NY 26
EssexMakomis Mountain44.08825-73.66477TowerGoneFFLOS US 2102, NY 13
EssexPharoah Mountain43.81853-73.65797TowerGone 
EssexPoke-O-Moonshine44.40170-73.51307TowerStandingNHLR US 265, NY 20
EssexVanderwacker Mountain43.89824-74.09594TowerStandingNHLR US 1281, NY 46
EssexWhiteface Mountain44.36588-73.90303TowerGone 
FranklinAmpersand Mountain44.23476-74.20208TowerGone 
FranklinAzure Mountain44.54110-74.50071TowerStandingNHLR US 520, NY 23
FranklinDe Bar Mountain44.60347-74.22050TowerGone 
FranklinLoon Lake Mountain44.55818-74.15171TowerStandingNHLR US 1072, NY 34
FranklinMeenagha Mountain44.49531-74.15417TowerStanding 
FranklinMorris, Mount44.15976-74.47517TowerStanding 
FranklinSt. Regis Mountain44.40866-74.32960TowerStandingNHLR US 117, NY 13
FultonKane Mountain43.18092-74.51524TowerStandingNHLR US 111, NY 10
GreeneHunter Mountain42.17793-74.22976TowerStandingNHLR US 131, NY 14
GreeneHunter Mountain (previous)42.17498-74.22875TowerGone 
HamiltonAlbany Mountain43.92364-74.78915TowerGone 
HamiltonBlue Mountain43.87237-74.40093TowerStandingNHLR US 109, NY 8
HamiltonBuck Mountain44.05219-74.53384TowerStandingNHLR US 1707, NY 55
HamiltonCathead Mountain43.28340-74.28890TowerStanding 
HamiltonDunn Brook Mountain43.89786-74.32272Platform TowerGone 
HamiltonHamilton Mountain43.41159-74.36630TowerGone 
HamiltonKempshall Mountain44.02448-74.32980TowerGone 
HamiltonNehasane, Mount43.98871-74.81432Platform TowerGone 
HamiltonOwls Head Mountain43.95430-74.49850TowerStandingNHLR US 670, NY 29
HamiltonPillsbury Mountain43.58073-74.51181TowerStandingNHLR US 645, NY 27
HamiltonSalmon Lake Mountain43.96345-74.64548TowerStanding 
HamiltonSnowy Mountain43.70020-74.38670TowerStandingNHLR US 1275, NY 43
HamiltonT-Lake Mountain43.44724-74.57745TowerGone 
HamiltonTomany Mountain43.28314-74.57367TowerGone 
HamiltonWakely Mountain43.73592-74.51521TowerStandingNHLR US 113, NY 12
HamiltonWest Mountain43.85996-74.70630TowerGone 
HerkimerBeaver Lake Mountain43.91558-75.13617TowerGone 
HerkimerDairy Hill43.20372-74.90367TowerGone 
HerkimerElectra, Mount43.98258-74.84528TowerGone 
HerkimerFort Noble Mountain43.41059-74.82382TowerGone 
HerkimerMoose River Mountain43.70831-75.04576TowerGone 
HerkimerRondaxe Mountain (Bald)43.73859-74.91289TowerStandingNHLR US 112, NY 11
HerkimerStillwater Mountain43.86181-75.03351TowerStandingNHLR US 904, NY 32
HerkimerWoodhull Mountain43.62284-74.96152TowerStanding 
LewisBald Mountain44.02134-75.19118TowerGone 
LewisGomer Hill43.64707-75.48200TowerStandingNHLR US 1697, NY 49
LewisMoose River (Lewis Co.)43.59567-75.20009Windmill TowerStanding 
LewisNew Boston43.83533-75.73475TowerGone 
LewisNumber Four43.85434-75.19867TowerGone 
LewisRock Mountain43.81416-75.23833Windmill TowerStanding 
LewisSwancott Hill43.45502-75.63207TowerGone 
MadisonBrookfield42.76472-75.38647TowerGone 
MadisonGeorgetown Mountain42.81259-75.75093TowerGone 
NassauClock40.80474-73.58565Clock TowerGone 
NassauManetto Hill40.80363-73.45383Platform TowerGone 
OneidaPenn Mountain43.37985-75.25952TowerGone 
OrangeBear Mountain41.31283-74.00613TowerGone 
OrangeBear Mountain
(Perkins Memorial Tower)
41.31150-74.00685Stone TowerStandingNHLR US 212, NY 15
OrangeBlack Rock41.39749-74.02395TowerStanding*NHLR US 681, NY 30
OrangeBull (Bull Pond) Hill41.34979-74.07186TowerGone 
OrangeFingerboard Mountain41.27717-74.09144TowerGone 
OrangeGraham Mountain41.44095-74.57413TowerStandingNHLR US 105, NY 5
OrangeHarriman, Mount41.30326-74.11430Platform TowerGone 
OrangeHigh Peak (Stahahe)41.24140-74.15456Platform TowerGone 
OrangeIsland Pond Mountain41.26194-74.13033Platform TowerGone 
OrangeParker Cabin Mountain41.22031-74.15015Platform TowerGone 
OrangePocatello Mountain41.43030-74.46181TowerGone 
OrangeSpy Rock41.38968-74.02397Platform TowerGoneFFLOS US 696, NY 11
OrangeSterling Mountain41.19524-74.27847TowerStandingNHLR US 102, NY 4
OswegoCastor Hill43.64931-75.84263TowerGone 
OtsegoGilbert Lake
(New Lisbon)
42.58038-75.13870TowerGone 
OtsegoHooker Hill42.59507-74.86446TowerGone 
PutnamNinham, Mount41.46146-73.72516TowerStandingNHLR US 314, NY 21
RensselaerBerlin Mountain42.69207-73.28581TowerGone 
RensselaerDickinson Hill42.79376-73.41397TowerStandingNHLR US 377, NY 22
RensselaerNumber Seven Hill42.60720-73.44867TowerGone 
RocklandDiamond Mountain41.18082-74.13626TowerGone 
RocklandJackie Jones Mountain41.22367-74.07186TowerStandingNHLR US 213, NY 16
SaratogaCornell Hill42.96865-73.73546TowerGone 
SaratogaHadley Mountain43.37689-73.97090TowerStandingNHLR US 110, NY 9
SaratogaOhmer Mountain43.33723-74.04892Platform TowerGone 
SaratogaSpruce Mountain43.21636-73.90622TowerStandingNHLR US 1182, NY 40
SchoharieLeonard Hill42.45104-74.35289TowerStandingNHLR US 1205, NY 42
SchohariePetersburg Mountain42.63173-74.44910TowerGone 
SchuylerSugar Hill42.38714-77.00258TowerStandingNHLR US 16, NY 2
St. LawrenceArab, Mount44.20464-74.58790TowerStandingNHLR US 108, NY 7
St. LawrenceBear Mountain44.19522-74.81273Platform TowerGone 
St. LawrenceCat Mountain44.10045-74.86503TowerGone 
St. LawrenceCatamount Mountain44.42575-74.75697TowerGone 
St. LawrenceMoosehead Mountain44.30007-74.68558TowerGone 
St. LawrenceSand Hill44.86540-74.86085TowerGone 
St. LawrenceTooley Pond Mountain44.27104-74.93038TowerGone 
St. LawrenceWhites Hill44.59397-74.77384TowerGone 
SteubenErwin Mountain42.15933-77.15483TowerGone 
SteubenPrattsburg Mountain42.54857-77.32487TowerGone 
SuffolkBayshore40.75916-73.26401TowerGoneFFLOS US 551, NY 4
SuffolkCamp Upton40.87049-72.87596Rooftop TowerGone 
SuffolkCamp Upton, North40.87744-72.86374TowerGoneFFLOS US 524, NY 1
SuffolkCamp Upton, South40.86657-72.86804Platform TowerGoneFFLOS US 525, NY 2
SuffolkCentral Islip40.80322-73.21390Platform TowerGone 
SuffolkDix Hill40.81049-73.34634TowerGoneFFLOS US 552, NY 6
SuffolkFlanders Hill40.87476-72.60454TowerGoneFFLOS US 553, NY 7
SuffolkKings Park40.89399-73.26518TowerGoneFFLOS US 554, NY 8 
SuffolkOakdale40.75220-73.15420Platform TowerGone 
SuffolkStony Hill40.99038-72.14315TowerGoneFFLOS US 555, NY 9
SuffolkTelescope Hill40.84483-73.03284TowerGoneFFLOS US 556, NY 10
SullivanChapin Hill41.60099-74.83717TowerGone 
SullivanRoosa Gap41.61761-74.42673TowerStanding 
TompkinsPadlock Hill42.36463-76.26985TowerGone 
UlsterBalsam Lake Mountain42.04558-74.59471TowerStandingNHLR US 9, NY 1
UlsterBelleayre Mountain42.11594-74.49785TowerGone 
UlsterGallis Hill41.95582-74.06828TowerGone 
UlsterHigh Point Mountain41.70823-74.34474TowerGone 
UlsterMohonk Mountain41.76355-74.15607Stone TowerStandingNHLR US 1699, NY 51
UlsterOverlook Mountain42.08504-74.09338TowerStandingNHLR US 223, NY 17
UlsterRed Hill41.92374-74.51714TowerStandingNHLR US 106, NY 6
UlsterSlide Mountain41.99914-74.38595Platform TowerGone 
UlsterTremper Mountain42.07440-74.27781TowerStandingNHLR US 224, NY 18
WarrenCrane Mountain43.54491-73.96243TowerGone 
WarrenGore Mountain43.67307-74.04878TowerStandingNHLR US 1701, NY 53
WarrenProspect Mountain43.42471-73.74576TowerGone 
WarrenSwede Mountain43.73677-73.59284TowerPrivateNHLR US 1091, NY 36
WashingtonBlack Mountain43.60685-73.53099TowerStandingNHLR US 1276, NY 44
WashingtonColfax Mountain43.08363-73.39017TowerPrivateNHLR US 1700, NY 52
WestchesterCross River Mountain41.24519-73.57322TowerGone 
WestchesterNelson Mountain41.24765-73.86055TowerGone 
WestchesterSpitzenberg Mountain41.25540-73.90536StoneRuins 
(Border – see Massachusets)
CountyNameLatLongTypeStatusNHLR/FFLOS
Berkshire (MA)Alander MtnTowerGone 
Relocated / Replica Lookouts
CountyNameLatLongTypeStatusNHLR/FFLOS
CattaraugusEllicottville CTE School
(Relocated Science Hill)
42.31457-78.62681TowerStanding 
CortlandRandall
(Relocated Swancott)
PrivateTowerStanding 
DutchessFerncliff Forest
(Relocated Orangeburg, SC)
41.95656-73.92692TowerStandingNHLR US 1117, NY 37
EssexAdirondack History Museum
(Relocated Kempshall/West)
44.21527-73.59107TowerStandingNHLR US 1596, NY 48
GeneseeOak Orchard WMA
(Relocated Kings Park)
43.11562-78.28520Platform TowerStanding 
HamiltonAdirondack Experience
(Relocated Whiteface)
43.86990-74.43267TowerStanding 
HamiltonSpeculator
(Relocated Makomis)
43.49725-74.35896TowerStandingNHLR US 1779, NY 56
JeffersonThompson Park Zoo
(Relocated New Boston)
43.96255-75.88295TowerStanding 
LewisLowville Demonstration Forest
(Relocated Number Four)
43.80934-75.47313TowerStanding 
OnondagaState Fair
(Relocated Padlock Hill)
43.07048-76.21853TowerStanding 
RensselaerColvin
(Relocated Wild Creek, PA)
PrivateTowerStanding 
RensselaerGrafton Lakes Visitor Center
(Relocated West Bay, FL)
42.78584-73.45350TowerStandingNHLR US 1706, NY 54
SaratogaWilton/Camp Saratoga
(Relocated Cornell Hill)
43.15275-73.70169TowerStandingNHLR US 734, NY 31
St. LawrenceCathedral Rock
(Relocated Tooley Pond)
44.15390-74.91553TowerStandingNHLR US 1698, NY 50
St. LawrenceWilson Hill WMA #1
(Parts from Whites Hill)
44.92208-75.01541Platform TowerStanding 
St. LawrenceWilson Hill WMA #2
(Parts from Whites Hill)
44.93140-75.02480Platform TowerStanding 
SuffolkIndustry City
(Relocated Moosehead)
40.65756-74.00752TowerStanding 
UlsterKnightower
(Relocated Petersburg)
PrivatePlatform TowerStandingNHLR US 988, NY 33
UlsterSlide Mountain
(Non-fire Tower)
41.99914-74.38595TowerGone 
UlsterUpper Esopus
(Relocated Venetia, FL)
42.02851-74.27099TowerStanding