House Fire ?
I heard fire sirens when climbing the mountain. Could this be the fire, near Pleasant Lake?
Taken on Saturday April 24, 2010 at Kane Mountain Fire Tower.Search Results for: photo fire 4
Kane Mountain Fire Tower
Kane Mountain is located next to Canada Lake, which is just north of Caroga Lake on NY 10. I hiked up there one evening, after spending the day hiking in the South-Central Adirondacks. It is a wonderful, quick hike, perfect after a long day of hiking or outdoor activities as one heads back to the Mohawk Valley or Albany as the case may be.
The trail up Kane takes you up about 500 feet in elevation over a 1/2 mile. It’s an old woods road, and well traveled, so don’t worry about hiking after dark if you have a flash light or even just moonlight.
Reaching the top of the mountain you reach the Firetower and an old Forest Ranger’s cabin, which sadly has been broken into and vandelized. It still was interesting to walk in and take a look at the cabin, including the tiny little woodstove that once was there. The bunks and other furniture where long gone from it.
Remind me again why people have to be such pigs?
The Fire Tower has some really interesting views out of it, and it is an interesting place to watch the sun set from in the evening. Here is looking from the windows of the observer station, which have the glass removed.
Looking due South, you can see Canada Lake, Sheely Mountain, and the Mohawk Valley to the South. Once you get South of Sheely Mountain, the area around Caroga Lake is relatively flat until you get to the other side of the Mohawk Valley, with the ridges Schoharie High Lands.
The light flickers over West Lake, which is connected to Canada Lake.
Looking at the Southern Adirondacks, heading North along the NY 10 Coridoor. Until recently visiting this portion of the Adirondacks, I always generally viewed these lands as relatively flat, but instead as this picture shows, actually is fairly rugged, with peaks in the 2,000-2,500 elevation range, which is about 500-1,000 above the valleys below. Not flat exactly.
Watching the setting sun from the Fire Tower.
Through the tower windows in the cab as the sun sets.
Due to the clouds, it wasn’t a perfect sun set, but just before the sun disappeared into the clouds, here is what I saw.
After sunset, looking at the fire tower by the last light of the day.
Hiking back there was a full moon.
Here is a map of the hike.
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Black Mountain Fire Tower
It has been converted over to an emergency communications tower for the DEC Forest Service. I was disappointed, as I had hoped to climb it to enjoy the great views to the south.
Taken on Sunday March 7, 2010 at Black Mountain.Flat Section of Trail
In the ridge in the distance, there is the Hunter Mountain Fire Tower. Being still 3/4 a mile away, it appears very small.
Taken on Sunday February 21, 2010 at Hunter Mountain.Union Organizers from Holiday Inn Express
Reverand Billy blesses this workers who are on strike, fighting scumbag Jim Morrel who is using illegal tactics to try to stop creation of a Hotel Workers Union.
"On April 22nd, employees at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham met with Workers United Local 471 because they wanted to improve their jobs and the working standards of all hotel employees in the Capital District. The next day, they notified their employer of their desire to form a union and within 24 hours, half of the organizing committee was unlawfully fired."
Taken on Friday December 18, 2009 at Reverend Billy's Church of Stop Shopping.11 Fire Towers I Visted In 2009, Part 2
This past year I have spent a great deal of time hiking up mountains and visiting fire towers. Here are pictures of the second five fire towers I visited this year, along with a short description and maps in the second part of this series.
Make sure to all check out Eleven Fire Towers I’ve Visited This Year, Part 1 featured on Monday, November 16, 2009.
June 29, 2009 & June 30, 2009:
Sugar Hill Fire Tower
The Sixth Tower I visited, was Sugar Hill State Forest / Horse Camp is located outside of Watkins Glen. It’s an equestrian facility with 50 miles of trail, along with a small hiking/no horses area. They have free camping, and 3 equestrian lean-tos and one hiker lean-to on the Finger Lakes Trail. A definitely cool place to visit if your in the Finger Lakes.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Sugar Hill State Horse Camp.
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July 11, 2009:
Red Hill Fire Tower
The seventh tower I visited, Red Hill Fire Tower is located south west of the Catskills, barely in the park, with views of the south-western Catskills, the High Peaks, and down towards the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.
Information and Pictures from my hike up Red Hill.
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August 8, 2009:
Balsam Lake Fire Tower
The Eightieth Tower I visited, was Balsam Lake Fire Tower is located in about 10 miles south east of Margretville in a very rural portion of the Catskill Mountains. It is the only tower in the Catskills actively staffed by DEC Fire Rangers on weekend (mostly acting as guides).
Information and Pictures from my hike up Balsam Lake Mountain.
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August 7, 2009 & October 10, 2009:
Leonard Hill Fire Tower
The Nineth Tower, Leonard Hill Fire Tower is currently inaccessible, pending renovation. They have removed the bottom to flight of stairs to discourage people from climbing the tower. That said, the DEC Forest Ranger has cleared out a camp site/viewing area directly to the west of the Tower for those who want to enjoy the amazing view due west of the Western Catskills and Upper Schoharie Valley.
Information and Pictures from my trips to Leonard Hill.
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October 11, 2009 & October 12, 2009:
Mount Utsayantha Fire Tower
Mout Utsayantha was the Tenth Tower I visited. This fire tower is on a public village park, above Stamford, NY. You can drive right up to it — I visted it twice one weekend. It gives you amazing views of the western Catskills, the area around Summit and Emmenece State Forest, the Upper Schoharie Valley, and on clear days out towards Oneonta.
Information and Pictures from my trips to Mount Utsayantha.
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November 8, 2009:
Stissing Fire Tower
The Eleventh Tower: Rising 1,000 feet above the low lands of Pine Plains, this firetower gives you beautiful views of small towns, lakes, farmlands, mountains, and a five state region of the Hudson Valley on clear day.
Information and Pictures from my hike up Stissing Mountain.
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April – June:
The First Five Towers.
If you like this, then make sure to see the next five on Eleven Fire Towers I’ve Visited This Year, Part 1.
11 Fire Towers I Visted In 2009, Part 1
This past year I have spent a great deal of time hiking up mountains and visiting fire towers. Here are pictures of the first five fire towers I visited this year, along with a short description and maps.
Make sure to all check out Eleven Fire Towers I’ve Visited This Year, Part 2 which will be featured on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
April 5, 2009:
Overlook Mountain Fire Tower
The first fire tower I climbed this year was Overlook Mountain Fire Tower outside of Woodstock. This tower is nearby the remains of the Overlook Mountain House and has some rather awesome views.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Overlook Mountain.
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April 10, 2009:
Hunter Mountain Fire Tower
The second fire tower I climbed this year was Hunter Mountain Fire Tower outside of Hunter. This is the second highest mountain in the Catskills at 4040 feet. The views are less exciting compared to other mountains I’ve been up. I took the much steeper Beecker Hollow Trail, but one can take the longer horse trail in from the west side, if you don’t mind stepping in horse manure.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Hunter Mountain.
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April 17, 2009:
Hadley Mountain Fire Tower
The third fire tower I climbed was Hadley Mountain Fire Tower in the Adirondacks near Hadley and NY 9N. This has some amazing views of the Great Sacanadaga Lake along with the Southern Adirondacks.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Hadley Mountain.
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April 19, 2009 & August 2, 2009:
Beebe Hill Fire Tower
The fourth firetower I climbed this was Beebe Hill in the Taconics near Exit B3 of the NYS Thruway Berkshire Spur. It has great views of Northern Columbia County’s rolling country. There also is the Chance of Thunder Lean-to nearby the fire tower, so you can climb it up at night like I did one beautiful Saturday in August.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Beebe Hill.
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June 6, 2009:
Mount Tremper Fire Tower
The fifth fire tower I climbed this was Mount Tremper in the Catskills. Despite having almost no views until you climb the tower, it does have some interesting views of the interior Catskill Mountains. It was a somewhat hot and hazy day when I climbed the mountain.
Information and Pictures from my visit to Mount Tremper.
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June – November:
The Next Five Towers.
If you like this, then make sure to see the next six on Eleven Fire Towers I’ve Visited This Year, Part 2.