The Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Tremper at Shandaken in

Ulster County, New York Ulster County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston, ...

. The station and contributing resources include a , steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917 and a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the

Catskill Park The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It consists of of land inside a Blue Line in four counties: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster. As of 2005, or 41 percent of the land within, is owned by ...

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) Towers completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Ulster County, New York Fire lookout towers in Catskill Park Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York 1917 establishments in New York (state) {{UlsterCountyNY-NRHP-stub