Mount Arab
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Piercefield, New York
Piercefield is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 305 at the 2000 census.The Town of Piercefield is in the southeast corner of the county and is southeast of Canton.- History :...
, in the northern part of the Adirondack Mountain Range
Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties....
. At the summit of this mountain is a large fire tower and a ranger station known as the Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station
Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station
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 built about 1948, a trace of the foundation of the original...
. 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 of the Hamlet of Conifer.