Fingerboard Mountain is a mountain located southeast of the hamlet of Central Valley in Orange County, New York.
| Fingerboard Mountain | |
|---|---|
  Fingerboard Mountain Location of Fingerboard Mountain within New York  Fingerboard Mountain Fingerboard Mountain (the United States) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,375 ft (419 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 41°15′54″N 74°06′15″W / 41.2650938°N 74.1040330°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | SE of Central Valley, New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS Popolopen Lake |
History
editIn 1928, a 60-foot-tall (18 m) Aermotor LS40 tower was built on the mountain by the Palisades State Park Commission on Harriman State Park. The tower was one of three such towers erected that same year. The others being on Bear Mountain and Jackie Jones Mountain. With the completion of the towers the Park Commission felt that an adequate system of fire detection had been attained for the park. The tower ceased fire lookout operations in the early 1970's, when it was closed and removed.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Fingerboard Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- ^ "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved December 5, 2021.