Kempshall Mountain is a 3,350-foot-tall (1,020 m) mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located in the northwest of the hamlet of Long Lake in Hamilton County. In 1918, a 35-foot-tall (11 m) Aermotor LS40 tower was built on the mountain for fire lookout purposes. Due to aerial detection being used, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1971 season. The tower was later removed, and portions of the tower along with the tower from West Mountain were used to build the tower that is at the Essex County Historical Museum in Elizabethtown.
| Kempshall Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Kempshall Mountain (left) from Goodnow Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,350 feet (1,020 m) |
| Coordinates | 44°01′25″N 74°19′38″W / 44.0236734°N 74.3271041°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Kempshall Mountain Location of Kempshall Mountain within New York  Kempshall Mountain Kempshall Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | NE of Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS Kempshall Mountain |
History
editIn May 1911, the first structure was built on the mountain, which was a wooden tower built by the Conservation Commission. In 1918, the wood tower was replaced with a 35-foot-tall (11 m) Aermotor LS40 tower. Due to aerial detection being used, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1971 season. The tower was later removed because it was deemed a "non-conforming" structure in the new High Peaks Wilderness Area. Portions of the tower along with the tower from West Mountain were used to build the tower that is at the Essex County Historical Museum in Elizabethtown.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Kempshall Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved December 2, 2021.