Ninham Mt Fire Tower

The woods road leading to tower

Sunrise.  And of course there are clouds on the horizon

The trail up

West Branch Resevoir

The Gunks in the distance

The Catskills

Thanks for the gesture, but no

Breakneck and Storm King in distance

This fire tower had an open roof

I came upon a couple of these

I took advantage of my present locale and headed to Carmel to hike up to the fire tower on ninham Mountain.  Until recently I had no idea there was such a place.

Located about 3 miles from the village of Carmel (kind of like what Ferncliff Forest is to Rhinebeck) Ninham is a short half mile walk to the tower.  Once there I had problems knowing what I was looking at.  Mt Beacon can be viewed from here, but somehow I could not find it.  The NYC skyline is in view from here, but not today.  In the distance I could make out the Shawangunks and the Catskills.  I also spotted Storm King (I think).  Although sunrise was not great, I enjoyed taking in the views.  This most certainly is one of the great Hudson Valley Low Effort/High Reward walks.