Sargent Ponds Area & Timberland
This portion north of NY 28 Corridor and Fulton Chain of Lakes is relatively flat, wild, and many portions privately owned as timberland.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).Why ads? π€ / Privacy Policy π³
This portion north of NY 28 Corridor and Fulton Chain of Lakes is relatively flat, wild, and many portions privately owned as timberland.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).Owls Head is not the quietest mountain out there. Throughout the day, tourist float planes for hire, fly on and off Long Lake, just to north of mountain. They fly quiet low, as they are making the decent back to Long Lake.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).As you climb the tower, there are some views to the North-West. This shows the broad timber lands around Sabbist Scout Reservation, along with William Whitney Wilderness.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).I always like pictures of the angles and construction of the fire tower. While common after climbing so many, fire towers have a lot of character in their structural steel.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).Just looking down from the fire tower at the edge of the mountain.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).It's unfortunate but the tower's cabin on this tower is closed, as it's used for communications equipment.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).This is a lot better then some of the fire tower foundations like Wakely. In part this is due to a community group maintaining the foundation.
Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Owls Head Mountain Firetower (Long Lake).