Azure Mountain is a 2518 feet (767.5 m) mountain near Blue Mountain Road in the Town of Waverly, Franklin County, New York

Waverly, Franklin County, New York

----Waverly is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2000 census.The Town of Waverly is on the west border of the county, southwest of the Village of Malone.-Geography:...

, in the Adirondack Park in the US. It is the site of a 35-foot, steel fire tower

Fire lookout tower

A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness...

 built in 1918 that was restored in 2002. The Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Azure Mountain at Waverly in Franklin County, New York...

 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 2001. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people visit Azure Mountain each year. The Azure Mountain Friends have established the Azure Mountain Friends Scholarship, which awards at least one high school senior a $350 scholarship towards attending college.

External links

• Azure Mountain Friends
• Clarkson University - Azure Mountain
• Azure Mountain Fire Tower at the Fire Towers of New York Site