Old Fire/Lookout Towers
 

Hope everyone is doing and feeling well.

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the locations/photos of old fire towers around the lake especially in the Alton/Moultonborough area. Thank you.

There are three within 30 or so minutes: Abenaki in Tuftonboro, which is more just an observation tower and Red Hill in Moultonborough and Belknap in Alton. The latter two are on the Tower Quest program, which is a patch for visiting 5 New Hampshire fire towers.

http://www.nhfamilyhikes.com/hikes.p...wer&from=HBN-A

https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/fire-tower-map.pdf

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Belknap tower = Gilford
 

The Belknap Tower is in Gilford, not Alton. (It's ok T, you don't venture over to our side of the lake. :D )

Oops, right! I just happened to be looking at Straightback and copied that in. Good lookin' out—we don't want our OP to get lost!

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Don't forget the Great Hill tower in Tamworth :)

Thank you
 

Thank you for the great information. I was looking also for names of very old fire towers that probably are not up anymore and most likely on private property by now. I was interested in the history of the fire towers.

Sorry I can't really offer that. For me, the towers are mostly hiking destinations. Good luck!

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St. John’s on the Lake on Bear Island
 

Also not in moultonborough but the steeple was an old fire tower.

For clarification, the tower that is incorporated into St John's on the Lake (Meredith) was a private lookout tower, not a fire tower.
https://stjohnsonthelake.org/history/