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Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area

Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area from directly overhead

Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 869 m. Ampersand Mountain stands 1,022 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Regis Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.3 miles off.

About

The story

fire lookout station in Franklin County, United States of America

Dates from 1918.

Wikidata Q7591592, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.40866, -74.32962

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • The Great Lawn: 4.2 mi
  • Brighton Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
  • Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 10.4 mi
  • Ampersand Park: 10.8 mi
  • Sunset Park Arboretum: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Augerhole Falls: 10.8 mi
  • High Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Raquette Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 13.6 mi
  • John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 20.7 mi
  • Sky Flyer Zipline: 20.9 mi
  • Skyride: 20.9 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 20.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 7
  • Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 11.8 mi
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 14.5 mi
  • Deer River Primitive Area: 18.2 mi
  • Henry's Woods: 19.7 mi
  • Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Peace Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Goolds Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Common Ground Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ampersand MountainSSE 152°1,022 m13.6 mi
Loon Lake MountainNE 40°1,014 m13.6 mi
Stony Creek MountainSSE 166°910 m13.3 mi
Saint Regis MountainSSW 196°865 m0.0 mi
Black PeakNNE 19°823 m14.1 mi
Rice MountainN 353°768 m7.2 mi
Boot Bay MountainSSE 153°762 m8.6 mi
Jenkins MountainNNE 23°755 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:10
June solstice05:1420:0120:46
September equinox06:4518:1818:57
December solstice07:3115:3316:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141524385159646254433221
Precip in1.91.52.03.13.74.44.13.63.53.92.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000163OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station, reference 05000163, listed 03/15/05.

OpenStreetMap element way/431328769

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