Lyon Mountain Fire Observation Station

The Lyon Mountain Mountain Fire Observation Station is located seven miles (11 km) west of Dannemora in Clinton County, New York. It was established in April 1910 without a fire tower, as the summit of Lyon Mountain was bare at that time. In 1917, the New York State Conservation Commission erected a 35-foot-tall (11 m) Aermotor LS40 steel fire lookout tower that still stands atop the mountain. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 fire season. It was officially closed in early 1989, when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation determined that airplanes were more effective for spotting fires than fire towers.[1]

Lyon Mountain Fire Observation Tower, Lyon Mountain, New York

The tower and surrounding land belonged to timber company Domtar until January, 2005, when Domtar sold 20,000 acres of its holdings around Lyon Mountain to The Nature Conservancy; the land has since been sold to New York State.[1]

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References
  1. "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved December 7, 2021.

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