Vanderwhacker Mountain is a 3,389-foot-tall (1,033 m) mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located northeast of Indian Lake and southeast of Newcomb in Essex County. The Vanderwhacker Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain. In May 1911, the Conservation Commission built a wooden fire observation tower on the mountain which was replaced in 1918, with a 35-foot-tall (11 m) metal tower. The tower stopped fire watching operations at the end of the 1988 season.
| Vanderwhacker Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Vanderwhacker Mountain (right) from Goodnow Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,389 feet (1,033 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 43°53′54″N 74°05′46″W / 43.8983963°N 74.0959781°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Vanderwhacker Mountain Location of Vanderwhacker Mountain within New York  Vanderwhacker Mountain Vanderwhacker Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | Essex County, New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS Vanderwhacker Mountain |
History
editIn May 1911, the Conservation Commission built a wooden fire observation tower on the mountain. In 1918, the Conservation Commission replaced it with a 35-foot-tall (11 m) Aermotor LS40 tower. The tower stopped fire watching operations at the end of the 1988 season. The tower was officially closed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in early 1989.[2]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Vanderwhacker Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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