Return to New York Lookouts (Alphabetical List)
Lookout Structures and Sites | ||||||
County | Name | Lat | Long | Type | Status | NHLR/FFLOS |
Allegany | Alma Hill | 42.04976 | -78.01363 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1595, NY 47 |
Allegany | Jersey Hill | 42.35190 | -77.88454 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 1595, NY 12 |
Broome | Ingraham Hill | 42.06191 | -75.95071 | Tower | Gone | |
Broome | Page Pond Hill | 42.14751 | -75.49573 | Tower | Standing | |
Cattaraugus | Administration Hill (Red House) | 42.10195 | -78.75477 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Bova Mountain | 42.09916 | -78.71584 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Hartzfelt Hill | 42.02369 | -78.45743 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Irvine, Mount | 42.06283 | -78.66767 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | McCarty Hill | 42.25638 | -78.69500 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Pine Creek (Venison Hill) | 42.08896 | -78.86361 | Tower | Standing | |
Cattaraugus | Salamanca | 42.19956 | -78.71266 | Platform Tower | Standing | |
Cattaraugus | Science Hill | 41.99972 | -78.72167 | Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Seneca, Mount | 42.01765 | -78.81122 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Cattaraugus | Summit Hill | 42.12587 | -78.70121 | Tower | Standing | |
Cattaraugus | Tuscarora, Mount | 42.02161 | -78.86078 | Tower | Standing | |
Chenango | Berry Hill | 42.54977 | -75.69023 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 54, NY 3 |
Chenango | Chenango Lake | 42.54757 | -75.45237 | Tower | Gone | |
Clinton | Lyon Mountain | 44.70476 | -73.86273 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1174, NY 39 |
Clinton | Palmer Hill | 44.46580 | -73.67438 | Tower | Standing | |
Clinton | Pine Ridge | 44.85629 | -73.59235 | Open Tower | Standing | |
Cloumbia | Beebe Hill | 42.33621 | -73.48633 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 242, NY 19 |
Columbia | Washburn Mountain | 42.10661 | -73.51553 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 545, NY 3 |
Cortland | Morgan Hill | 42.76783 | -75.99763 | Tower | Gone | |
Delaware | Bramley Mountain | 42.29734 | -74.81795 | Tower | Standing | |
Delaware | Rock Rift Mountain | 42.10390 | -75.22673 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1183, NY 41 |
Delaware | Twadell Point Mountain | 42.00326 | -75.11731 | Tower | Standing | |
Delaware | Utsayantha Mountain | 42.39906 | -74.58956 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1073, NY 35 |
Dutchess | Beacon Mountain | 41.48139 | -73.94461 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 655, NY 28 |
Dutchess | Clove Mountain | 41.68839 | -73.69297 | Tower | Standing | |
Dutchess | Stissing Mountain | 41.96418 | -73.68756 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1277, NY 45 |
Essex | Adams, Mount | 44.08688 | -74.02546 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 549, NY 25 |
Essex | Belfry Mountain | 44.09784 | -73.54792 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1173, NY 38 |
Essex | Boreas Mountain | 44.00312 | -73.88068 | Tower | Gone | |
Essex | Goodnow Mountain | 43.96009 | -74.20988 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 537, NY 24 |
Essex | Hurricane Mountain | 44.23530 | -73.71012 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 644, NY 26 |
Essex | Makomis Mountain | 44.08825 | -73.66477 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 2102, NY 13 |
Essex | Pharoah Mountain | 43.81853 | -73.65797 | Tower | Gone | |
Essex | Poke-O-Moonshine | 44.40170 | -73.51307 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 265, NY 20 |
Essex | Vanderwacker Mountain | 43.89824 | -74.09594 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1281, NY 46 |
Essex | Whiteface Mountain | 44.36588 | -73.90303 | Tower | Gone | |
Franklin | Ampersand Mountain | 44.23476 | -74.20208 | Tower | Gone | |
Franklin | Azure Mountain | 44.54110 | -74.50071 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 520, NY 23 |
Franklin | De Bar Mountain | 44.60347 | -74.22050 | Tower | Gone | |
Franklin | Loon Lake Mountain | 44.55818 | -74.15171 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1072, NY 34 |
Franklin | Meenagha Mountain | 44.49531 | -74.15417 | Tower | Standing | |
Franklin | Morris, Mount | 44.15976 | -74.47517 | Tower | Standing | |
Franklin | St. Regis Mountain | 44.40866 | -74.32960 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 117, NY 13 |
Fulton | Kane Mountain | 43.18092 | -74.51524 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 111, NY 10 |
Greene | Hunter Mountain | 42.17793 | -74.22976 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 131, NY 14 |
Greene | Hunter Mountain (previous) | 42.17498 | -74.22875 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Albany Mountain | 43.92364 | -74.78915 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Blue Mountain | 43.87237 | -74.40093 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 109, NY 8 |
Hamilton | Buck Mountain | 44.05219 | -74.53384 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1707, NY 55 |
Hamilton | Cathead Mountain | 43.28340 | -74.28890 | Tower | Standing | |
Hamilton | Dunn Brook Mountain | 43.89786 | -74.32272 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Hamilton Mountain | 43.41159 | -74.36630 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Kempshall Mountain | 44.02448 | -74.32980 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Nehasane, Mount | 43.98871 | -74.81432 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Owls Head Mountain | 43.95430 | -74.49850 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 670, NY 29 |
Hamilton | Pillsbury Mountain | 43.58073 | -74.51181 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 645, NY 27 |
Hamilton | Salmon Lake Mountain | 43.96345 | -74.64548 | Tower | Standing | |
Hamilton | Snowy Mountain | 43.70020 | -74.38670 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1275, NY 43 |
Hamilton | T-Lake Mountain | 43.44724 | -74.57745 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Tomany Mountain | 43.28314 | -74.57367 | Tower | Gone | |
Hamilton | Wakely Mountain | 43.73592 | -74.51521 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 113, NY 12 |
Hamilton | West Mountain | 43.85996 | -74.70630 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Beaver Lake Mountain | 43.91558 | -75.13617 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Dairy Hill | 43.20372 | -74.90367 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Electra, Mount | 43.98258 | -74.84528 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Fort Noble Mountain | 43.41059 | -74.82382 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Moose River Mountain | 43.70831 | -75.04576 | Tower | Gone | |
Herkimer | Rondaxe Mountain (Bald) | 43.73859 | -74.91289 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 112, NY 11 |
Herkimer | Stillwater Mountain | 43.86181 | -75.03351 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 904, NY 32 |
Herkimer | Woodhull Mountain | 43.62284 | -74.96152 | Tower | Standing | |
Lewis | Bald Mountain | 44.02134 | -75.19118 | Tower | Gone | |
Lewis | Gomer Hill | 43.64707 | -75.48200 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1697, NY 49 |
Lewis | Moose River (Lewis Co.) | 43.59567 | -75.20009 | Windmill Tower | Standing | |
Lewis | New Boston | 43.83533 | -75.73475 | Tower | Gone | |
Lewis | Number Four | 43.85434 | -75.19867 | Tower | Gone | |
Lewis | Rock Mountain | 43.81416 | -75.23833 | Windmill Tower | Standing | |
Lewis | Swancott Hill | 43.45502 | -75.63207 | Tower | Gone | |
Madison | Brookfield | 42.76472 | -75.38647 | Tower | Gone | |
Madison | Georgetown Mountain | 42.81259 | -75.75093 | Tower | Gone | |
Nassau | Clock | 40.80474 | -73.58565 | Clock Tower | Gone | |
Nassau | Manetto Hill | 40.80363 | -73.45383 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Oneida | Penn Mountain | 43.37985 | -75.25952 | Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Bear Mountain | 41.31283 | -74.00613 | Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Bear Mountain (Perkins Memorial Tower) | 41.31150 | -74.00685 | Stone Tower | Standing | NHLR US 212, NY 15 |
Orange | Black Rock | 41.39749 | -74.02395 | Tower | Standing* | NHLR US 681, NY 30 |
Orange | Bull (Bull Pond) Hill | 41.34979 | -74.07186 | Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Fingerboard Mountain | 41.27717 | -74.09144 | Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Graham Mountain | 41.44095 | -74.57413 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 105, NY 5 |
Orange | Harriman, Mount | 41.30326 | -74.11430 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Orange | High Peak (Stahahe) | 41.24140 | -74.15456 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Island Pond Mountain | 41.26194 | -74.13033 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Parker Cabin Mountain | 41.22031 | -74.15015 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Pocatello Mountain | 41.43030 | -74.46181 | Tower | Gone | |
Orange | Spy Rock | 41.38968 | -74.02397 | Platform Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 696, NY 11 |
Orange | Sterling Mountain | 41.19524 | -74.27847 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 102, NY 4 |
Oswego | Castor Hill | 43.64931 | -75.84263 | Tower | Gone | |
Otsego | Gilbert Lake (New Lisbon) | 42.58038 | -75.13870 | Tower | Gone | |
Otsego | Hooker Hill | 42.59507 | -74.86446 | Tower | Gone | |
Putnam | Ninham, Mount | 41.46146 | -73.72516 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 314, NY 21 |
Rensselaer | Berlin Mountain | 42.69207 | -73.28581 | Tower | Gone | |
Rensselaer | Dickinson Hill | 42.79376 | -73.41397 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 377, NY 22 |
Rensselaer | Number Seven Hill | 42.60720 | -73.44867 | Tower | Gone | |
Rockland | Diamond Mountain | 41.18082 | -74.13626 | Tower | Gone | |
Rockland | Jackie Jones Mountain | 41.22367 | -74.07186 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 213, NY 16 |
Saratoga | Cornell Hill | 42.96865 | -73.73546 | Tower | Gone | |
Saratoga | Hadley Mountain | 43.37689 | -73.97090 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 110, NY 9 |
Saratoga | Ohmer Mountain | 43.33723 | -74.04892 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Saratoga | Spruce Mountain | 43.21636 | -73.90622 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1182, NY 40 |
Schoharie | Leonard Hill | 42.45104 | -74.35289 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1205, NY 42 |
Schoharie | Petersburg Mountain | 42.63173 | -74.44910 | Tower | Gone | |
Schuyler | Sugar Hill | 42.38714 | -77.00258 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 16, NY 2 |
St. Lawrence | Arab, Mount | 44.20464 | -74.58790 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 108, NY 7 |
St. Lawrence | Bear Mountain | 44.19522 | -74.81273 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Cat Mountain | 44.10045 | -74.86503 | Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Catamount Mountain | 44.42575 | -74.75697 | Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Moosehead Mountain | 44.30007 | -74.68558 | Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Sand Hill | 44.86540 | -74.86085 | Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Tooley Pond Mountain | 44.27104 | -74.93038 | Tower | Gone | |
St. Lawrence | Whites Hill | 44.59397 | -74.77384 | Tower | Gone | |
Steuben | Erwin Mountain | 42.15933 | -77.15483 | Tower | Gone | |
Steuben | Prattsburg Mountain | 42.54857 | -77.32487 | Tower | Gone | |
Suffolk | Bayshore | 40.75916 | -73.26401 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 551, NY 4 |
Suffolk | Camp Upton | 40.87049 | -72.87596 | Rooftop Tower | Gone | |
Suffolk | Camp Upton, North | 40.87744 | -72.86374 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 524, NY 1 |
Suffolk | Camp Upton, South | 40.86657 | -72.86804 | Platform Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 525, NY 2 |
Suffolk | Central Islip | 40.80322 | -73.21390 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Suffolk | Dix Hill | 40.81049 | -73.34634 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 552, NY 6 |
Suffolk | Flanders Hill | 40.87476 | -72.60454 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 553, NY 7 |
Suffolk | Kings Park | 40.89399 | -73.26518 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 554, NY 8 |
Suffolk | Oakdale | 40.75220 | -73.15420 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Suffolk | Stony Hill | 40.99038 | -72.14315 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 555, NY 9 |
Suffolk | Telescope Hill | 40.84483 | -73.03284 | Tower | Gone | FFLOS US 556, NY 10 |
Sullivan | Chapin Hill | 41.60099 | -74.83717 | Tower | Gone | |
Sullivan | Roosa Gap | 41.61761 | -74.42673 | Tower | Standing | |
Tompkins | Padlock Hill | 42.36463 | -76.26985 | Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | Balsam Lake Mountain | 42.04558 | -74.59471 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 9, NY 1 |
Ulster | Belleayre Mountain | 42.11594 | -74.49785 | Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | Gallis Hill | 41.95582 | -74.06828 | Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | High Point Mountain | 41.70823 | -74.34474 | Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | Mohonk Mountain | 41.76355 | -74.15607 | Stone Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1699, NY 51 |
Ulster | Overlook Mountain | 42.08504 | -74.09338 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 223, NY 17 |
Ulster | Red Hill | 41.92374 | -74.51714 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 106, NY 6 |
Ulster | Slide Mountain | 41.99914 | -74.38595 | Platform Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | Tremper Mountain | 42.07440 | -74.27781 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 224, NY 18 |
Warren | Crane Mountain | 43.54491 | -73.96243 | Tower | Gone | |
Warren | Gore Mountain | 43.67307 | -74.04878 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1701, NY 53 |
Warren | Prospect Mountain | 43.42471 | -73.74576 | Tower | Gone | |
Warren | Swede Mountain | 43.73677 | -73.59284 | Tower | Private | NHLR US 1091, NY 36 |
Washington | Black Mountain | 43.60685 | -73.53099 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1276, NY 44 |
Washington | Colfax Mountain | 43.08363 | -73.39017 | Tower | Private | NHLR US 1700, NY 52 |
Westchester | Cross River Mountain | 41.24519 | -73.57322 | Tower | Gone | |
Westchester | Nelson Mountain | 41.24765 | -73.86055 | Tower | Gone | |
Westchester | Spitzenberg Mountain | 41.25540 | -73.90536 | Stone | Ruins | |
(Border – see Massachusets) | ||||||
County | Name | Lat | Long | Type | Status | NHLR/FFLOS |
Berkshire (MA) | Alander Mtn | Tower | Gone | |||
Relocated / Replica Lookouts | ||||||
County | Name | Lat | Long | Type | Status | NHLR/FFLOS |
Cattaraugus | Ellicottville CTE School (Relocated Science Hill) | 42.31457 | -78.62681 | Tower | Standing | |
Cortland | Randall (Relocated Swancott) | Private | Tower | Standing | ||
Dutchess | Ferncliff Forest (Relocated Orangeburg, SC) | 41.95656 | -73.92692 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1117, NY 37 |
Essex | Adirondack History Museum (Relocated Kempshall/West) | 44.21527 | -73.59107 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1596, NY 48 |
Genesee | Oak Orchard WMA (Relocated Kings Park) | 43.11562 | -78.28520 | Platform Tower | Standing | |
Hamilton | Adirondack Experience (Relocated Whiteface) | 43.86990 | -74.43267 | Tower | Standing | |
Hamilton | Speculator (Relocated Makomis) | 43.49725 | -74.35896 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1779, NY 56 |
Jefferson | Thompson Park Zoo (Relocated New Boston) | 43.96255 | -75.88295 | Tower | Standing | |
Lewis | Lowville Demonstration Forest (Relocated Number Four) | 43.80934 | -75.47313 | Tower | Standing | |
Onondaga | State Fair (Relocated Padlock Hill) | 43.07048 | -76.21853 | Tower | Standing | |
Rensselaer | Colvin (Relocated Wild Creek, PA) | Private | Tower | Standing | ||
Rensselaer | Grafton Lakes Visitor Center (Relocated West Bay, FL) | 42.78584 | -73.45350 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1706, NY 54 |
Saratoga | Wilton/Camp Saratoga (Relocated Cornell Hill) | 43.15275 | -73.70169 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 734, NY 31 |
St. Lawrence | Cathedral Rock (Relocated Tooley Pond) | 44.15390 | -74.91553 | Tower | Standing | NHLR US 1698, NY 50 |
St. Lawrence | Wilson Hill WMA #1 (Parts from Whites Hill) | 44.92208 | -75.01541 | Platform Tower | Standing | |
St. Lawrence | Wilson Hill WMA #2 (Parts from Whites Hill) | 44.93140 | -75.02480 | Platform Tower | Standing | |
Suffolk | Industry City (Relocated Moosehead) | 40.65756 | -74.00752 | Tower | Standing | |
Ulster | Knightower (Relocated Petersburg) | Private | Platform Tower | Standing | NHLR US 988, NY 33 | |
Ulster | Slide Mountain (Non-fire Tower) | 41.99914 | -74.38595 | Tower | Gone | |
Ulster | Upper Esopus (Relocated Venetia, FL) | 42.02851 | -74.27099 | Tower | Standing |