New Hampshire Fire Towers

Total known Sites - 91
Last Update - 2/20/2017
Town - Location Map #

Status

Abenaki - Tuftonboro1 Standing Inctive Observation
Attitash Bear Peak - Bartlett2No Longer standing
Bear Hill - Allenstown3No Longer standing
Bear Island - Meredith4Standing Inctive
Beech Hill - Keene5No Longer standing
Belknap Mountain - Gilford6 Standing Active
Black Mountain - Benton7No Longer standing
Black Mountain - Jackson8 No Longer standing Observation
Blue Job - Farmington9Standing Active
Cambridge Black - Cambridge10No Longer standing
Cannon Mountain - Franconia11No Longer standing
Cardigan Mountain - Orange12Standing Active
Carr Mountain - Wentworth13No Longer standing
Carter Dome - Bean's Purchase14No Longer standing
Carter Tower - Jefferson15 No Longer standing Observation
Cherry Mountain - Carroll16No Longer standing
Cooley Hill - Easton17No Longer standing
Craney Hill - Henniker18Standing Inctive
Crotched Mountain - Francestown19No Longer standing
Croydon Peak - Croydon20Standing Active
Currier Mtn - Low & Burbank's Grant21No Longer standing
Deer Mountain - Pittsburg22Standing Inctive
Deer Mountain - Berlin/Milan23No Longer standing
Devil's Den (Mine Hill) - Auburn24No Longer standing
Diamond Peaks - 2nd College Grnt25No Longer standing
Dix Peak - Dixville26No Longer standing
Federal Hill - Milford27Standing Active
Fox Forest (Monroe Hill) - Hillsboro28No Longer standing
Grandview - Woodstock29No Longer standing
Great Hill - Tamworth30Standing Inctive
Green Mountain - Effingham31Standing Active
Hancock Spur - Lincoln/Livermore32No Longer standing
Hyland Hill - Westmoreland33Standing Active
Iron Mountain - Bartlett34No Longer standing
Jeremy Hill - Pelham35No Longer standing
Jodrie Hill - Milan36No Longer standing
Joe English Hill - New Boston37No Longer standing
Kearsarge South - Warner38Standing Active
Kearsarge North - Bartlett39Standing Inctive
Lonesome Ridge - Berlin40No Longer standing
Magalloway Mountain - Pittsburg41Standing Active
Middle Sister - Albany42No Longer standing
Milan Hill - Milan43Standing Active
Mill Mountain - Stark44No Longer standing
Miller Park - Peterborough45Standing Active
Monadnock - Jaffrey46No Longer standing
Moose Mountain - Lyme47No Longer standing
Mount Agassiz - Bethlehem48No Longer standing
Mount Bemis - Lincoln49No Longer standing
Mount Cabot - Kilkenny50No Longer standing
Mount Carrigain - Lincoln51Standing Inctive
Mount Chocorua - Albany52No Longer standing
Mount Garfield - Franconia53No Longer standing
Mount Hale - Bethlehem54No Longer standing
Mount Israel - Sandwich55No Longer standing
Mt Madison - Low & Burbank's Grnt56No Longer standing
Mount Major - Alton57No Longer standing
Mount Moosilauke - Benton58No Longer standing
Mount Prospect - Lancaster59Standing Active
Mount Rosebrook - Bethlehem60No Longer standing
Mount Shaw - Moultonborough61No Longer standing
Oak Hill - Loudon62Standing Active
Osceola - Livermore63No Longer standing
Pawtuckaway - Nottinghham64Standing Active
Piermont Mountain - Piermont65 No Longer standing Observation
Pine Mountain - Gorham66No Longer standing
Pillsbury Reservation - Goshen67No Longer standing
Pitcher Mountain - Stoddard68Standing Active
Red Hill - Moultonborough69Standing Active
Rock Rimmon - Danville/Kingston70No Longer standing
Russell Mountain - Woodstock71 No Longer standing Observation
Sam's Hill - Charlestown72No Longer standing
Signal Mountain - Millsfield73Standing Inctive
Smarts Mountain - Lyme74Standing Inctive
Stewart Peak - Warner75No Longer standing
Stinson Mountain - Rumney76No Longer standing
Stratham Hill - Stratham77Standing Inctive
Sugarloaf Mountain - Stratford78No Longer standing
Teneriffe Mountain - Milton79No Longer standing
Uncanoonuc - Goffstown 80No Longer standing
Warner Hill - Derry81Standing Active
West Magalloway - Pittsburg82No Longer standing
W. Royce (Drakes Lk) - Bean's Pur.83No Longer standing
Whitcomb Mountain - Odell84Standing Inctive
Wildcat - Bean's Purchase85No Longer standing
Subtotal
85 

Proposed or no further information (NFI)
Catamount - Pittsfield86No Longer standing
Crystal Mountain - Dix's Grant87No Longer standing
Gardner Ridge - Monroe88No Longer standing
Garrison Hill - Dover89 No Longer standing Observation
Mount Dustin - College Grant90No Longer standing
Rice Mountain - Stewartstown91No Longer standing
Subtotal
6 


Totals

  • Total standing active - 17
  • Total standing inactive - 12
  • Total no longer standing - 62

Notes:
  • Initial NH Tower Research by Iris Baird
  • Continuing NH research and photos beginning in 2016 by Jack Kelley

Key:

  • NFI - No further information available
  • Primary Obj - Primarily Observation use
  • Temp - Temporary Fire Detection use

Other Items:

New Hampshire Forest Fire Districts 1960 Map (credit Jack Kelley)