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| Owls Head Mountain | |
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 The north side of Owls Head Mountain pictured from nearby Buck Mountain. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,786 feet (849 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 43°57′16″N74°29′56″W / 43.9545057°N 74.4987761°W /43.9545057; -74.4987761[1] |
| Geography | |
  Owls Head Mountain Location of Owls Head Mountain within New York Show map of New York Adirondack Park Owls Head Mountain Owls Head Mountain (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Franklin County,New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGSDeerland |
Owls Head Mountain is a 2,786-foot-tall (849 m)mountain in theAdirondack Mountains region ofNew York. It is located west-southwest of the hamlet ofLong Lake inHamilton County.
It can be climbed from a trailhead on Endion Road offNew York Route 30, just north of the hamlet of Long Lake. The trail provides a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) ascent with a gain of 1,200-foot (370 m); a side trail leads toLake Eaton. The view from the summit includes 14-mile (23 km)Long Lake, part of theRaquette River. The Owls Head Mountain Forest Fire Observation Station, a 35-foot-tall (11 m)Aermotor steelfire tower affords a 360-degree view of the centralAdirondacks andAdirondack High Peaks region; nearer peaks includeKempshall Mountain on the shore of Long Lake, and the fire towers ofBlue Mountain,Wakely Mountain,Snowy Mountain,Goodnow Mountain andMount Arab. The trail to the summit passes the foundation of the old fire observer's cabin.
After a 1908 forest fire destroyed nearby Long Lake West (now known as Sabattis), New York State Conservation Department built a wooden fire tower on Owls Head Mountain in 1911 that was replaced in 1919 by the present tower. The tower was closed in 1970 as airplanes replaced fire observers. It has been restored and opened to the public.
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