The Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on

Azure Mountain Azure Mountain is a mountain near Blue Mountain Road in the Adirondack Park town of Waverly in Franklin County, New York. Azure Mountain is the site of the Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station, a steel tower that was built in 1918 and lat ...

at Waverly in

Franklin County, New York Franklin County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. To the north across the Canada–United States border are the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, from east to west. As of the 2020 census, the county popula ...

. The station and contributing resources include a , steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1918, a jeep trail now used as a hiking trail, which extends from the base of the mountain to two former observers' cabins, and a foot trail from the cabins to the summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the

Aermotor Corporation The Aermotor Windmill Company, or Aermotor Company, is an American manufacturer of wind-powered water pumps. The widespread use of their distinctive wind pumps on ranches throughout the arid plains and deserts of the United States has made their d ...

to provide a front line of defense in preserving the

Adirondack Forest Preserve New York's Forest Preserve, comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). , the Forest Preserve covers nearly ...

from the hazards of forest fires. ''See also:'' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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The Fire Towers of New York
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Government buildings completed in 1918 Towers completed in 1918 Buildings and structures in Franklin County, New York Fire lookout towers in Adirondack Park Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, New York {{FranklinCountyNY-NRHP-stub