Beacon Mountain — known locally as “Mount Beacon” — is the highest peak of Hudson Highlands. It’s located south of the City of Beacon, New York, in the Town of Fishkill.
In 1931, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed an Aermotor LS40 tower on the south summit of Mount Beacon. The 60-foot-tall (18 m) structure began operations in 1932. However, with the adoption of aerial detection methods, the use of the tower ceased following the 1972 fire lookout season. Subsequently, the fire tower was included in the National Historic Lookout Register in December 2005. Further on, the Mount Beacon Fire Tower Restoration Committee successfully restored the tower, holding a reopening ceremony on June 22, 2013.
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