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Map and Coordinates List for NYS DEC Firetowers 🗼

Discover a wealth of information on this page about fire towers situated on state lands, accessible through invigorating hikes that lead to panoramic vistas. Interactive maps guide your exploration, offering insights into the locations and trails leading to these towering viewpoints. Additionally, find convenient links to other pages that delve deeper into fire towers across the entirety of New York State. Embark on a journey that combines outdoor adventure with breathtaking scenery, as you navigate the trails and pathways leading to these historic landmarks that have stood as guardians of the landscape. This resource opens doors to captivating experiences that allow you to savor the beauty of nature from elevated perspectives while providing avenues for further exploration of New York’s fire tower heritage.

Here is a list of Fire Towers on NYS DEC lands. You can get this also on Google Sheets. Does not include the Dickinson Hill Fire Tower in Grafton, which is part of the Grafton Lakes State Park. You might also be interested in nearby camping opportunities.

Tower	State Land	Notes	Coordinates
Azure Mtn. Fire Tower	Debar Mountain Wild Forest	Relatively short hike.	44.5412601955876, -74.5007131438668
Balsam Lake Mountain	Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest	Longer hike along old road.	42.0453530369935, -74.5943882522534
Belfry Mountain Fire Tower	Hammond Pond Wild Forest	Very short hike up dirt road.	44.0977783227959, -73.5480575565177
Berry Hill Firetower	Mcdonough State Forest	Only up to second level is open, no upper level access.	42.5498033738312, -75.6903147862666
Black Mountain Fire Tower	Lake George Wild Forest	Longer hike up a snowmobile trail.	43.6068253423597, -73.5315598873687
Blue Mountain Fire Tower	Blue Mountain Wild Forest	Very popular, worn-down trail.	43.8722986188442, -74.4007350580445
Lowville Demostration Area Fire Tower	Lowville Demonstration Area	No access to tower, part of demonstration forest.	43.8093267984132, -75.4730800808841
Goodnow Mountain Fire Tower	Suny Esf Lands	Open to public, SUNY ESF Lands	43.9598725064095, -74.2096091339017
Hadley Mountain Fire Tower	Wilcox Lake Wild Forest	Popular hike in Southern Adirondacks.	43.3769100935034, -73.9709647959219
Hunter Mountain Fire Tower	Hunter-West Kill Wilderness	Multiple approaches to this fire tower offer different hikes with different amounts of work.	42.1779299997605, -74.2297619994181
Hurricane Mountain Firetower	Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area	The only fire tower remaining in the Adirondack High Peaks.	44.2352949729449, -73.7101070215222
Kane Mountain	Shaker Mountain Wild Forest	Short hike near Caroga Lake.	43.1810788942093, -74.5151618559196
Beebe Hill Fire Tower	Beebe Hill State Forest	Shorter hike near Austerlitz and Massachussetts border.	42.3361525194561, -73.4862760091067
Leonard Hill Fire Tower	Leonard Hill State Forest	You can drive to this tower. Bottom floors removed, no access to tower.	42.4510039574136, -74.3529141572996
Lyon Mountain Fire Tower	Chazy Highlands Wild Forest	Longer hike, new trail avoids severely erroded old trail	44.7048354583899, -73.8627762019644
Mount Adam Fire Tower	High Peaks Wilderness	Just south of main high peaks area.	44.0874829962416, -74.0228637207712
Mount Nimham Fire Tower	Nimham Mountain Mua	Near Beacon	41.4611546516545, -73.72510657899
Mount Tremper	Phoenicia – Mt. Tobias Wild Forest	Follow an old woods road to summit.	42.0739476727477, -74.2781528438603
Mt Arab Fire Tower	Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest	Relatively short hike outside of Tupper Lake.	44.2046152316571, -74.5879293129745
Overlook Mountain	Overlook Mountain Wild Forest	Popular hike outside of Woodstock, follows a gated road.	42.085023587202, -74.0933592964641
Owls Head Firetower	Sargent Ponds Wild Forest	Moderate hike outside of Long Lake.	43.9542904615568, -74.4984616500416
Pillsbury Mountain Fire Tower	Jessup River Wild Forest	Mile long hike to a firetower with views over Perkins Clearing and areas around Spectulator	43.5807556043109, -74.5118079500206
Poke-O-Moonshine Fire Tower	Taylor Pond Wild Forest	New trail is less steep and follows old woods road.	44.4019104158425, -73.5130620065356
Red Hill Fire Tower	Sundown Wild Forest	1 mile hike to a fairly remote firetower.	41.9238122519417, -74.5170620256067
Rondaxe Fire Tower	Fulton Chain Wild Forest	Quick hike outside of Old Forge that is very popular.	43.7385880495938, -74.9129188420394
Roosa Gap Firetower	Roosa Gap State Forest	Firetower on the Long Path in the Shawgunks.	41.6176280752519, -74.4267422878805
Snowy Mt	Jessup River Wild Forest	Popular hike, one of the more difficult towers to access.	43.7003213769888, -74.3866001142199
Spruce Mountain Fire Tower	Wilcox Lake Wild Forest	Trail crosses private land, closed during hunting season.	43.2163188109202, -73.9061192265182
St. Regis Mtn. Fire Tower	Saint Regis Canoe Area	Currently closed to public use.	44.4085838385311, -74.3296128971506
Stillwater Mountain Fire Tower	Independence River Wild Forest	Near the Stillwater Reservior.	43.8618343053993, -75.033327606033
Sugar Hill Fire Tower	Sugar Hill State Forest	Observation tower in Finger Lakes, during summer months you can drive to it, part of Six Nations Horse Cap.	42.3871467022238, -77.0025364212371
Vanderwhacker Mountain Fire Tower	Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest	Rough seasonal road then 2 ½ mile hike.	43.8982271055416, -74.0959123515681
Wakely Mountain Fire Tower	Wakely Mountain Primitive Area	Near Cedar River Flow at Moose River Plains. Seasonal use road to access.	43.7358887903725, -74.515229327937
Woodhull Mountain Fire Tower	Black River Wild Forest	One of the longer hikes, part of the trail is an old railroad grade until you climb the peak.	43.6230161401271, -74.9615452951445

October 12, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Columbus Day ! ⛵ 🍂 Cloudy but no rain yet and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a east-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.

Cool but not a bad autumn morning. ☁️ More sun though would be nice. It was a nice weekend 🍂 and I sort of wish I had headed out of town but I did get some nice hiking in at Hand Hollow Conservation Area and the State Forest of the same name, followed by a visit to the Ooms Conservation Area, an open fields birding area 🐦 above a water supply pond near the Ooms Dairy 🐮 in Columbia County. Speiglton Lake is quite pretty little Reservoir nestled in the hills although certainly parts of Hands Hollow were noisy from the Lebanon Valley Speedway and being race day. 🏎🏎 Looked like a good place to hunt on the state forest, as the woods is fairly thin and full of wildlife 🌲🌲🌲 and it’s less known as a newer state forest. Outside of Speiglton Lake there aren’t a lot of trails but most of the woods is quite accessible as long as you have a good map 🗺 to stay on public property.

After hiking I bought stuff to make good baked Macoroni and Cheese 🧀 and it came out pretty good, washed down with a bunch of beer 🍻. And I have meals 🍴 for all week and I might end up freezing it in smaller containers for more food later on so I’m not just eating the same thing over and over this week.

Columbia County with all those monied folks in those old houses is quite a trip. 🏣 So many houses with Black Lives Matters signs and Biden Harris lawn signs. I had to joke to myself that there are more people with Black Lives Matters signs then there are black people in that part of the county. 🤨 I bet though running a dairy in that area must be a bit challenging with the gentrifiers finding every reason to complain. 🐄

Columbus Day 🍂⛵ will have a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 53 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. There was a dusting of snow in 1904.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:42 pm with sun having an altitude of 39.8° from the due south horizon (-31.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:41 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (254°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (260°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:19 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:45 pm, which is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:20 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. 🌧 Low of 49 degrees at 9pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1981.

So yeah its not going to be a real nice day. 🌥 I’m going over to John Wolcott house to do more filming tonight 📼, we will see how things go. With work I’m not sure if I’ll have much free time to get over there and go through his files 📂 though until November.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

I would really like to get out of town this weekend ⛺ but I have to make sure I have good cell service 📱 for work. I’m still leaning towards Madison County at this point. Things could change – some forecasts are more pessimistic especially for Friday but I’ll continue to watch it an decide. Turns out that weather wise the past weekend would have been nicer. ☀️⛵🍂

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🐻 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 67 back in 1933. Probably have to turn the heat back on by then. ♨

August 29, 2020 Night

Good evening! Cloudy and damp around 70 degrees on Delmar. ☁️ There is a west breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

Not a super nice day so I stayed home 🏡 and read and worked on a variety of little projects. I wanted to go for an evening walk 🚶🏻 but the threat of rain was much too high. Tomorrow I’ll get out hiking. Put together some new maps 🗺️and stuff for the blog, was reading another book 📙 about homesteading. 🐐 Cheeses and dairy science is fascinating stuff 🧀 – minor changes in processing milk 🥛 can create vastly different effects products or more likely ruin it entirely.

I finally baked up that cookie mix 🍪that expired in April. Good peanut 🥜 butter cookies that I bought last fall for my West Virginia trip but never eat. 😋 I figured I better eat it before the mice get in an chew holes in the packaging.🐁It’s been a bad year for mice in the woods – something people were talking about yesterday on Facebook and I noticed we’re bad both in the Finger Lakes and Piseco Powley Road.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9pm. West wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1982.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 90% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (156°) at an altitude of 21° from the horizon, some 239,388 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by February 27^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:19 am in the east-northeast (77°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:56 am with sun in the east (83°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 44 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 16th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1953. The great Heat Wave of 1953.

Should be a nice autumn like day. 🍂 Nice change from the humidity and stormy weather today. I am thinking of doing some hiking and fishing 🎣 at Partridge Run tomorrow. Should be a great day to spend outdoors but maybe a bit chilly by the time I go out to my parents house for Sunday dinner. 🍲 But then again, Tuesday is September. Summer has quickly bit the dust.

I get so tired of hearing so many police 🚨 sirens lately. The past few months they really have been abusing them it seems. For a while they were relatively quiet, tapping the sirens only briefly at the traffic light 🚦 to warn motorists but lately it’s been non-stop and it’s annoying. That and the super throaty motorcycles and trucks 🏍. Maybe I’m noticing it more this year as I’m home all of the time I’m not in the woods enjoying the quiet. 🤫

I am planning my next trip after Labor Day Weekend. 🍂 I’ll have to get out my blaze orange and gun cleaned up at that point. I’m thinking the Spectulator Area most likely especially if I’m planning several weekdays because the library is a pleasant place to work for Zoom Meetings. After October 1st I might camp and work from a combination of Stoney Pond State Forest and Charles Baker. ⛺ I can probably get Wi-Fi at the Cazenovia and Hamilton libraries out there for Zoom. Remote work has its benefits. 💻No permit is needed for Stoney Pond State Forest after October 1st and it’s unlikely I’ll see anyone there except maybe a grizzled old hunter. 🎫 Fishing in Nelson Swamp is a lot of fun too.

I really enjoy reading and looking at pictures of folks off grid properties on the Facebook. 🏡 I just really like the simple and the small with lots of land in remote country. Some folks are really fancy or big builders but that certainly aint me. Some are into art work and making things pretty but I’m fine with chipboard for walls. The less you have, the less to spend money on, the less to break or have to throw away regularly. 🛠️

I’ve considered doing a trip in October to the Finger Lakes 💻 and remote working from there but I have concerns about the length of day and having enough sunlight then to keep things charged and the long trip back to Albany after hours should something break that I can’t continue to work from there likedead fuse, inverter or other problems with the solar system which I couldn’t fix in the field. ⬛ It would be fun though to enjoy the leaves, 🍁 hunt before 9 AM 🐿️🐰🦃and then work the rest of the day from camp but maybe exhausting to boot. At the National Forest you can camp for two weeks in one site, no permits required.

I also don’t want to put on too many miles or break shit in my truck 🔧before the state inspection in November. Since addressing the tire wear issue on the truck in June things have been a lot better at slowing the wear and I’m not concerned about this year’s inspection but I also don’t want to have any kind of costly repairs this autumn if possible. 🔩

In four weeks on September 26 the sun will be setting in the west (269°) at 6:45 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 15 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 69 and 53 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 47 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 7 weeks, Halloween 🛥️ and the Blue Moon 🌕 is in 9 weeks, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 13 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 14 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 17 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 4 months, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 19 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 21 weeks, 38th Birthday 🎉 is in 5 months, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 23 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 25 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 26 weeks and Snow Moon 🌕 is in 26 weeks.

August 15, 2020 Afternoon

Good afternoon! Cloudy, ☁️ a few rain drops 💧 and 84 degrees at Rock Cut Road in Watkins Glen. There is a southeast breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm.

Final full day in the Finger Lakes. 😔 I know I shouldn’t be labor that point as it is only going to make the time go by faster. ⏳But truth be told this has been the most odd trip, trying to keep a lower profile and avoid crowded spots with the pandemic smoldering all around. I tried to maintain social distancing and wear a mask 😷 – well a hillbilly mask that is so popular in these small towns of a banada tied around the face. If it works for dusty hay barns and ATV riders it should work for ol Corona. 🤠

Started out the day laying in the hammock, finally enjoying my coffee ☕ and muffins. I have to say I’m very glad I had coffee this morning. ☕ And I bought more blueberry muffins from Wally World to go with it. I’ll go back to healthier eating when I get home, as calories don’t count on vacation.🥞🍎🍒🍓🥕🍆🌽

Truth be told 💤 the reason why the days go by so quickly is I’ve hardly been very motivated to get an early start. I stay up late and then sleep in and then spend a good portion of the morning laying back in hammock most day relaxing before I get out and doing things, returning only around dusk. 📖 But I like lazy mornings on vacation, I enjoy a good book. ☕

Started reading 📖 that book on hog farming 🐖 continuing to further my education on livestock raising for my future homestead. 🚜 It was totally Cam Edwards podcast that got me into pigs, than furthered by the North Country Off Grid YouTube channel. It poured after lunch so I ended up cutting back my ambitious plans for the day and reading 📖 from the truck cap.

Now I’m out exploring Catherine Marsh trails and Rock Cut Road I missed previously when I was in Watkins Glen. 🐦🦅🦆🐢🦎🐡🦗 The Marsh looks so inviting when your heading down to Watkins Glen on NY 79. I just wish they had better maps of the area. I could probably make my own 🗺️ and post them to the blog.

This afternoon will have isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny , with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 3pm. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became rain by afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1959.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:13 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.5° from the due south horizon (-9.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:31 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (290°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:10 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 8:38 pm, which is one minute and 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:17 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 52 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday.

I am thinking maybe a final swim 🏊🏻‍♂️ at the Watkins Glen pool this afternoon late after the crowds filter out. Always very quiet at the pool after 5 pm when most folks are eating dinner. 🍲 It all depends on how long my hike goes. I might instead try to do some paddling on the marsh 🛶 especially if thunderstorms close the pool ⛈ but aren’t nearby.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 65 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 41 occurred back in 1972.

How safe has the trip been? 👾 Gawd, I don’t know. I did wash my hands the best I could 👐🏻. Certainly Watkins Glen brings people from throughout the world and you certainly did see license plates from Texas and Ohio but probably less than you would have seen on an ordinary year. But I needed a vacation 🏖, a chance to truly get away from it all for a week. Hopefully it won’t end up on a respirator or dead. ☠️ I still have a lot of life to live, a lot of guns to buy, a lot of land, livestock and toys to own – so yeah I don’t want to die for many more years. 👴🏻 So I’m doing everything I can to stay safe while enjoying life.

Maybe someday when I own my off-grid homestead 🐖 I’ll have much less desire to travel but with my moldy apartment in city 🏙 and all the problems of urban living it’s good to get away. Plus it’s going to be a busy next three 3⃣ months at work, 💼 even if it is remote work, I’m supervising and moving forward a lot of different campaigns.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival Opens on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, 🎸 much to the distaste of his neighbors and fellow community members. 🎶 Yasgur operated the largest dairy farm in Sullivan County 🐮, he was forced out of the business a few years later in part because of people refusing to buy his milk 🥛 but also because he suffered enormous crop losses 🌽 during 1969 and 1970 when the droughts of earlier years turned into enormous flooding and soggy farm fields. Plus he had the mess to clean up from Woodstock that was left over.

On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold 🥇 by foreign investors. People said that laid to inflation 💲💲💲and a growing gap between the rich and the poor but I think all the evidence suggests the Gold Bugs are wrong. The end of the pegging was a result of existing inflationary pressures and a rapidly growing economy.

There are 2 months until Average High is 60 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:24 pm with dusk at 6:53 pm. The average high temperature is 32 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.

Thinking of a Dexter Lake Hike.

One of the hikes I plan to do this spring or early summer, is to hike back to Dexter Lake from Hall Road. This follows an old woods road and a snowmobile trail, and might be some fun fishing after a day hike. I could go an overnight hammock camping, once black fly season is over, probably camp one night on Piseco-Powley Road, then hike back the next day to Dexter Lake.

May 15, 2020 Night

Good evening! Rain and 63 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a west breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 60 degrees. More of a drizzle now but around 7 pm the sky was really pouring.

No evening walk 🚶 due to the rain. That downpour and wind was intense for a while – it must have knocked down a tree 🌲as I heard somebody in the neighborhood with a chain saw. But as fast as it came it was gone.

I was working down at the library parking lot today and it started to get so hot with that sun ☀. Got to hook up the fan and maybe bring water but then I’ll need to run home for bathroom 🚽 breaks. The library Wi-Fi has gotten so popular lately – some times you’ll see a dozen cars in the lot with folks on their laptops. 💻 But it’s fine, everybody is maintaining social distancing and my laptop stays charged off the sun.

Working on a new interactive mapping feature for the blog that will allow for large format maps that can be scrolled 📜 left and right and maybe zoomed in based on the jquery library I eventually end up linking against.

Also been experimenting with historical topographic maps and removing their collars 🗾 which turns out to be super easy to do creating seemless historical maps of larger areas like Moose River Plains. The accuracy of those early USGS maps is amazing as long as you don’t zoom in too far beyond the scale.

Tonight will have showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 54 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 10pm. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Another night sleeping with the windows open. I like the fresh air and things are quite with everything shut down due to pandemic. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 48 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1980.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 35% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:01 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:34 am in the east-northeast (63°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and one second earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:14 am with sun in the east-northeast (70°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 20 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 2 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 27th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10am. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Should be a real nice day. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

I’m thinking Thacher Park OSI parcel tomorrow from that lesser used trail head to the Nature Center at Thompsons Lake 🐦 and some of the lesser used trails to the overlooks. 🐸 I want to do some bird watching and just general wildlife observation 🔭 if I can find some quiet places to sit in the woods. I’ll definitely be wearing my jeans 👖 that are treated with Permethrin.

I’ve really been struggling with the Lyme disease this time. 🐜 The doxycycline works but it’s not as effective as the first time I got Lyme last October and there are times I am sore and stiff. I do keep getting out – walking 5 to 10 miles a day around the neighborhood – but at times I feel exhausted and just so stiff and sore. I’m be out of doxycycline Tuesday and if I still feel like shit I’m going to call the doctor 😷.

I went to the the laundromat and hardware store today. 👚 Washed my clothes and sprayed three pare of older jeans and t-shirts with Permethrin. Users of it swear by it for ticks. Certainly the Army uses a lot of it as do cattle farmers for fly control. I picked up two empty spray bottles so I’d have them to apply the chemicals. Mixing the chemical 20 to 1 with water wasn’t too bad, twenty oz of mixture pretty much covered three jeans and shirts. Didn’t see any staining or odors. I washed my hands carefully after use but noticed no incidental skin reaction. The chemical supposedly lasts six washings but honestly I’d probably reapply it before packing for any major camping trip or extended outdoor activity because if it knocks down the ticks it’s worth it without a question.

In four weeks on June 12 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:33 pm,🌄 which is 22 minutes and 36 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 50 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 77 and 56 degrees. The record high of 95 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 3 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 1 week remains until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

I made no decision about next weekend. ⛺ Unless the forecast calls for exceptionally nice weather next weekend the plan will be avoid the crowds Memorial Day Weekend and work only three days the following week, leave Thursday and take Friday off celebrate the unofficial kick off to summer with fewer crowds and the potholers a little warmer.

November 12, 2019 Night

Good evening! Cold and clear under the Beaver Moon and 20 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ There is a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 7. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Tomorrow will be the coldest day of week – possibly one of coldest mid November days ever – then finally it will start to thaw out at Thursday around 11 am. 🌡️ More seasonable weather come Friday then cold Saturday for the Green Energy Fair ⚡. But that’s where I’ll be.

Finally feeling mostly better 🙂 I have had a ton of energy. After being sick for three weeks I have enough energy I’m bouncing off the walls. 🚶 I’m totally ready for a fifty mile hike, I did my evening walk in the cold and it was a pleasure. I also rode the excerise bike 🚲 for an hour and half listening to music and watching random YouTube videos I downloaded. 📹 Also worked on some new maps and blog posts 🌐 for the blog.

It’s going to be a very cold night 🌃 for mid November but it’s still pretty nice out. Not that cold by late December or even January into February. It’s not going to be 15 below with a negative 30 windchill as happens some time in winter. With that Big Beaver Moon 🎑 and the fresh snow ⛄on the landscape it’s a pretty beautiful night. It wouldn’t be a bad night for hot tenting or sitting although the breeze might add a bit of a chill to the air and blow the pilot light 🔥 out on the heater when sitting out next to it. I did leave the heat at 55 because I don’t like waking up for work when it’s too cold. Guilty pleasure. 😹 I just wish on cold nights like this I had that cabin with a wood stove where I could be truly warm.

Tonight will have isolated snow showers before 2am. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 10 degrees at 6am. 22 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -1 at 3am; Northwest wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. We will likely smash the record low of 13 that occurred back in 1981.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 97% illuminated. The moon will set at 7:35 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Monday night with increasing clouds. The Cold Moon 🌝 is on Wednesday, December 11th. The sun will rise at 6:42 am with the first light at 6:12 am, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 8 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 27 degrees at 1pm. 22 degrees below normal. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Days like this are uncommon in November, especially mid month. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 1964. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1886.❄

Got listening to Christmas music 🎶 and thinking about the season 🎄 – especially winter camping with the lights, the music and the hot coca ☕ next to a big roaring fire 🔥. Gotta love 😍 Mitch Miller! Been a long time since I’ve spent much time in the woods but with the cold pattern expected to be breaking down and with my energy restored after being sick I’m ready for some good late November or early December nights in the wilderness. I might even take an extended weekend out to the Finger Lakes come late December like I did last year to winter camp in the National Forest. ⛺

In four weeks on December 10 the sun will be setting at 4:21 pm,🌄 which is 14 minutes and 8 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny, mist and temperatures between 36 and 18 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 23 degrees. The record high of 64 degrees was set back in 1966.

Looking ahead, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 4 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 6 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 7 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 9 weeks and Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 10 weeks.

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