Agawam Fire Tower
US 561, MA 11
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 561, MA 11 (view other lookouts in United States, Massachusetts) |
| Date Registered | June 30, 2004 |
| Nominated by | Henry Isenberg |
| Location |
Town of Agawam Hamden County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 05.050' W 072° 42.300' (view using Google Maps) N 42° 05' 03" W 072° 42' 18" N 42.084170° W 072.705000° |
| Elevation | 580 ft (177 m) |
| Built | 1959 |
| Administered by | Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control |
| Cooperators | Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control, District 11 |
Description
Located in Hamden County, Agawam Lookout is a 10’x10’ wooden cab on a 70’ steel tower built in 1959. It replaced an earlier 48’ tower built in 1920.
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Visit Reports
June 5, 2016: Jack Kelley
Condition |
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| Needs paint? | No Response |
| Shutters OK? | Yes |
| Condition of wood OK? | No Response |
| Stairs OK? | Yes |
| Glass intact? | Yes |
| Good condition? | Yes |
| Comments: | This tower is no longer staffed. Wooden boards have been nailed across the hatch to the cab, and the stairs are cracked and you can see through them in some places. The paint is fine, buf there are no shutters. I assume this is intentional. |
Electronics and Enroachments |
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| Are electronic sites enroaching on tower? | Yes |
| Comments: | There is a huge communications and former news station next to the tower. |
Access and Signs |
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| NHLR sign posted? | No |
| Directions to tower signed? | No |
| Comments? | Hiking to this site means trespassing on private property, and there is no right of way until the top where the M+M Trail briefly passes by the tower. |
Staffing |
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| Staffed? | No |
Opportunities for Volunteer Support |
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| Volunteers staffing opportunities? | No Response |
| Volunteer maintenance opportunities? | No Response |