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Buck Mountain (Long Lake, New York)

Coordinates: 44°03′10″N 74°31′58″W / 44.0528383°N 74.5326687°W / 44.0528383; -74.5326687
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Buck Mountain
The summit of Buck Mountain pictured from the cab of the fire tower.
Highest point
Elevation2,392 feet (729 m)[1]
Coordinates44°03′10″N 74°31′58″W / 44.0528383°N 74.5326687°W / 44.0528383; -74.5326687[1]
Geography
Buck Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain
Location of Buck Mountain within New York
Buck Mountain is located in the United States
Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain (the United States)
LocationHamilton County, New York, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Little Tupper Lake

Buck Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located in Long Lake, New York, southwest of Tupper Lake in Hamilton County. The Buck Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain. In 2023, a newly constructed 1.2-mile trail opened that provided public access to the long-restricted fire tower.[2]

History

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The Buck Mountain fire tower pictured in August 2024.

Located in Long Lake, New York, the Buck Mountain Fire Observation Station is a 60-foot-tall (18 m) Aermotor LS-40 tower that was erected in the privately owned Whitney Park circa 1933. In 2006, the International Paper Company signed an agreement to sell all its land in the Adirondack Park to Lyme Timber Company for $137 million. On June 21, 2021 the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors announced that the tower would soon be reopened to the public. Cedar Heights Timber agreed with the county to enter into a 10-year agreement to open the fire tower to the public.[3][4] The trail was completed and public access opened in September 2023.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Buck Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Buck Mountain trail now open". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. September 18, 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ Klein, Pete (June 22, 2021). "New fire tower for hikers in Hamilton County". Hamilton County NY News. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved November 10, 2021.