Mid-Hudson & Catskills
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Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower

The Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower is located on the summit of South Beacon Mountain in , New York, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beacon Reservoir and Breakneck Ridge.

Reservoir
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supplies water to the city of , in , , . It is located at 1,285 feet above sea level in a hollow between Beacon Mountain and Scofield Ridge, in the neighboring , very close to the line.

Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain along the between and , , straddling the boundary between and counties. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower.

Museum
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Highlands and Beacon.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in which consists of the northernmost portions of in the Hudson Highlands. Like the adjacent village of , it shares a ZIP Code and school district with nearby . is situated 2 miles southeast of Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower.

Photo: Peter Greenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city located on the in , United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger .

Village
is a hamlet in , , United States. The community is 2.5 miles east-northeast of . has a with ZIP code 12527, which opened on March 6, 1839. is situated 2½ miles north of Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower.

Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower

Latitude
41.48141° or 41° 28′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.94456° or 73° 56′ 40″ west
Inception
1931
Height
60 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87H8F3J4+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1245607134
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­fire_lookout
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q6930253
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Beacon Mountain and North Beacon Mountain.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower”. Photo: Percolini, CC BY-SA 4.0.