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Stillwater Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation	2,244 feet (684 m)
Coordinates	43°51′44″N 75°02′01″W / 43.8622886°N 75.0335155°W / 43.8622886; -75.0335155
Geography
Location	S of Stillwater, New York, U.S.
Topo map	USGS Stillwater Mountain

Stillwater Mountain is a 2,244-foot-tall (684 m) mountain in Adirondack Mountains of New York. It is located south of Stillwater in the town of Webb in Herkimer County. In 1919, a 47-foot-tall (14 m) steel fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. At the end of the 1988 fire lookout season, the tower ceased fire lookout operation. The tower was restored and is open to the public except from the second Tuesday in October through December 20.

Fire tower

In 1912, a wood fire lookout tower was built on the mountain by New York State Conservation Commission, now known as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In 1919, the wood tower was replaced with a 47-foot-tall (14 m) Aermotor model LS-40 steel fire tower. At the end of the 1988 fire lookout season, the tower ceased fire lookout operation. The next year, the tower was officially closed when the Department of Environmental Conservation determined that aerial detection was better for fire lookout purposes. The tower remains on land owned by the Lyme Timber Company, and with an agreement with the Department of Environmental Conservation is open to the public except from the second Tuesday in October through December 20, which is during hunting season. A group, The Friends Of Stillwater Fire Tower, reorganized in 2015 and fully restored the tower by July, 2016. Volunteer stewards staff the tower on weekends during the summer.

References

1. "Stillwater Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
2. "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

• Mountains of Herkimer County, New York
• Mountains of New York (state)