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|   Arena Fire Department
in Firehouses I was driving through the area today when I saw this little fire house in the middle of no where. Although the picture is bad, I took a picture through one of the windows to prove there are still firetrucks inside. posted by:  bhouston21 location: New York date approved: 08/24/2011 last visited: never |
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|  Coykendall Lodge Ruins - Alder Lake
in Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins Bill Cotter has an extensive article describing the story of Coykendall Lodge and Alder Lake in exquisite detail. Take the time to go to his website, linked below. posted by:  sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/28/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE3.9 km |  Coykendall Lodge Ruins Chimney - Alder Lake DEC Campground
in Lonely Chimneys This isn't quite as lonely as some, surrounded by the pillars of Coykendall Lodge as it is. Still, a highly visible relic. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/28/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE3.9 km |  Alder Lake DEC campground - Turnwood, NY
in Campgrounds One of several primitive campsites offered courtesy of the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC ) posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/28/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE6.6 km | Beaver Meadow bivouac site - Alder Lake in Free Campsites Alder Lake has many free primitive campsites, but this is the only one along the Finger Lakes Trail toward Balsam Lake Mountain, not far from the Beaver Meadow Lean-to. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/27/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE6.6 km |  Beaver Meadow Leanto - Alder Lake
in Remote Backcountry Shelters Beaver Meadow Lean-to is adjacent to the Finger Lakes Trail between Alder Lake DEC campground and Balsam Lake Mountain, and yes, it faces an open meadow. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/28/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Millbrook Bridge
in Covered Bridges This is bridge is located in (depending on which map you look at) Livingston Manor of Ulster County, New York. It stands over Mill Brook and is currently not in use. posted by: bhouston21 location: New York date approved: 08/25/2011 last visited: never |
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|  Beaverkill Falls - Catskills, NY
in Waterfalls If you don't live in the area, there are only two things that would bring you near these falls: fly fishing, and the DEC Parking area at Balsam Lake And the Finger Lakes Trails that passes over Balsam Lake Mountain. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 10/15/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE8.9 km |  Balsam Vista - Alder Lake to Balsam Lake Mountain trail
in Scenic Overlooks You need to stand on the rock to see (as of July 26, 2014) due to beechwood growth. View is of Balsam Lake and surrounds. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/27/2014 last visited: 01/30/2015 |
 view galleryE8.9 km |  Balsam Lake balanced rock
in Nature's Balanced Rocks On the Alder Lake to Balsam Lake Mountain trail, this rock is not far from the 3500 foot elevation marker. Looks to me like gravity should have unseated it a while ago, but there it is! posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/31/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE10.5 km |  Galli--Curci Theatre - Margaretville, NY
in Vintage Movie Theaters The Galli-Curci Theatre, built in 1922, to house a car dealership and silent movie theater and offices of the Catskill Mountain News. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE10.5 km |  Galli--Curci Theatre - Margaretville, NY
in Wikipedia Entries The Galli-Curci Theatre, built in 1922, to house a car dealership and silent movie theater and offices of the Catskill Mountain News. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE10.5 km |  Galli--Curci Theatre - Margaretville, NY
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Galli-Curci Theatre, built in 1922, to house a car dealership and silent movie theater and offices of the Catskill Mountain News. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km |  Balsam Lake Mountain summit outhouse
in Outhouses It's good to know you can leave a dump anywhere, even over 3500 feet above sea level. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/27/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km |  Balsam Lake Mountain Overlook Tower - Catskills, NY
in Look-Out Towers One of only five (5) remaining former fire towers in the Catskills managed by the Department of Energy and Conservation (DEC). posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/27/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km |  Balsam Lake Mountain - Catskills, NY
in Mountain Summits Balsam Lake Mountain is one of the 35 Catskill peaks over 3500 ft elevation. This is the only Catskill 35 over 3500 that is (nearly) on the Finger Lakes Trail. It also offers one of only 5 remaining fire tower - turned lookout tower. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 08/02/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km |  NA2072 - Balsam Lake Mountain triangulation station
in U.S. Benchmarks Found in the balsam grove near the fire tower. Also found a reference maker pointing to this disk near the caretakers cottage. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/29/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km | CZ7448 - Balsam Lake Mountain Reference Marker No. 1 in U.S. Benchmarks Reference marker stamped Balsam 1940 is situated between the fire tower and the triangulation disk about 53 ft north of this disk. All easily seen while walking the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 08/04/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km | Balsam Lake Mountain bivouac sites - Catskills, NY in Free Campsites The Finger Lakes Trails maps identify the Leanto on Balsam Lake Mountain, but I was surprised to discover a warren of trails all around the Leanto to level patches of ground where tents could be put up as well. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 08/20/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km | Balsam Lake Mountain Leanto - Catskills, NY in Remote Backcountry Shelters This Leanto sits just .1 mile from the trail from Balsam Lake to the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain just below the 3500 foot elevation level. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 08/21/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.8 km |  Highest elevation on the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT)
in Geographic High Points Less than a mile from the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain, it is over 3500 feet above sea level. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 07/31/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryE10.9 km |  Balsam Lake Mountain spring - Catskills, NY
in Natural Springs This is the water source for a Leanto and bivouac site just below the 3500 foot elevation mark on the trail to the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 08/20/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE11.3 km |  Balsam Lake Mt register - Ulster County, NY
in Trail Registers There are two trails and two trail registers at the Balsam Lake DEC parking area. This one goes into the woods on the north end of the parking lot, and keeps going north: destinationBalsam Lake Mountain. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 09/01/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE11.4 km | Wild Meadow Trail (Finger Lakes Trail) - Ulster County, NY in Trail Registers The second of two trails and trail registers at the Balsam Lake DEC parking area. This one heads east past Fall Brook and on to Wild Meadow Wilderness Area. Register is on the woods a litle way... Can't see it from the parking area. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 09/01/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Anti-Rent War
in New York Historical Markers This marker commemorates the shooting of undersheriff Steele at the culmination of the anti-rent war. There is a mural in the post office in Delhi, NY that depicts this event. posted by: jackratt location: New York date approved: 08/28/2007 last visited: never |
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