"In March of 1933, President Roosevelt proposed as a measure of unemployment relief to put unemployed youths aged eighteen to twenty five to work in our forests. Congress quickly passed the Emergency Conservation Works Act (ECW), thus creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)."
"The majority of recreational development on state forests and parks was accomplished by the CCC during the years 1933 to 1942. A major contribution was in the area of fire prevention. Seven new steel fire towers were built; three new wooden towers and eight new lookout cabins were constructed. Telephone lines were built or extended, and valuable fire roads were constructed.Recreational roads were built. wildlife habitat was improved, and ski trails were laid out."
We have the remains of a fire tower in Essex town. We believe the fire tower was a continuation of that original effort. It is located on Saxon Hill. While looking at the site today, it hard to imagine there a was a good enough view to even see fires starting. Funny how 70 years of growth will block a hill top.
Note this cache has been updated as of May 28th 2016.
It started as a multi, but over time a stage has gone missing.
So I am turning it into a Regular cache.
Note: New parking coords.
Start your quest at the following coords: N 44 29.784 W 73 02.086
If you care to continue on after the final and you can see the remains of the fire tower.
The fire tower is at: N 44 29.317 W 73 01.452
It's a 30 cal ammo can. Should not be too hard a find. Please admire my paint job.
This area is a haven for Mt bike trails. If you bike, bring it along you won't be disapointed. As a stood on the top of Saxon Hill a biker rode by. So if you find the right trail you can bike to the top. The way I walked in you'd need to be a Mt goat type biker to make it.But the easy trails are there too. You just need to find them.
Enjoy and good luck
Thanks to Crowbait for helping me scout out the location!!.