On the eve of Saturday Sept. 2, find a place with a view of your favorite fire tower for the 10th annual Lighting of the Fire Towers event!
Watch as the cabs light up from 9:00- 9:30pm. Catskill Center volunteers will light the fire towers. Find out which of the fire towers will be lit by visiting the Forest Fire Lookout Association’s webpage here: nysffla.org/light.html
The event showcases a piece of fire tower history.The men and women who were in the fire tower cabs protected the Catskills from forest fires by providing firefighters with an early detection and reporting system that was amazingly accurate. For years, these fire tower observers watched faithfully like beacons over the Catskills!
catskillfiretowers.org
Suggested viewing locations for:
Balsam Lake Mountain
1) Scenic Overlook at the top of Palmer Hill along State Route 28 between Margaretville and Andes
2) At the top of Todd Mt Road (Ulster County Route 49A) near the intersection with Kelly Road
3) Dingle Hill in Andes, NY. Dingle Hill Road and Ridge Road are both in Andes and can offer a view from your car of the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower
Hunter Mountain
1) Gordon Realty on Route 23A in Hunter has granted permission for viewers to use their parking lot for the “Lighting of the Towers” event Saturday, September 5.
Gordon Realty, Inc.
6528 Route 23A
Hunter, NY 12442
518-589-9000
http://www.gordonrealty.com
Mount Tremper
1) State Route 28 near the intersection of State Route 28A
Overlook Mountain
1) Thorn Preserve off Zena Road
2) Zena Corn Field
3) Zena School
Red Hill
1) The pull-off on top of the Rondout Reservoir – Merriman Dam on Rt. 55 about 7 or 8 miles west of Ellenville.
2) Claryville/Denning Rd. near the YMCA East Valley Farm.
3) Red Hill Knolls Rd.
4) Rudolph Rd.
5) Blue Hill Rd. west of Claryville
6) East side of Bridge over the Rondout Creek on Rt. 55A
7) Balsam Lake Mt. Fire Tower
8) Summits of the following high peaks; Peekamoose, Table, Lone, Friday, Cornell, Slide, Fir, Big Indian, Doubletop, and Graham Mts.
9) Most of the Rt. 52 pull-offs east of Ellenville on the way to Pine Bush.
10) Mohonk Mt. House and Skytop Tower