Mount Arab, sometimes known as Arab Mountain, is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
located in the town of
Piercefield, New York
Piercefield is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in St. Lawrence County, New York, St. Lawrence County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Piercefield is in the southe ...
, in the northern part of the
Adirondack Mountain Range. At the summit of this mountain is a large
fire tower
A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a " fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit of a mountain o ...
and a ranger station known as the
Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station
The Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Arab at Piercefield in St. Lawrence County, New York. The station includes a , steel frame lookout tower erected in 1918, an observers cabin buil ...
. Because hiking to the summit of this mountain does not take very long and because it offers excellent views of the surrounding mountains and lakes, it is an extremely popular location for tourists and hikers of the Northern Adirondacks.
Mount Arab is also a small hamlet in the southern part of the town, just outside the hamlet of Conifer.
References
External links
Mount Arab Preserve Association*
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Mountains of St. Lawrence County, New York
Tourist attractions in St. Lawrence County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)