The Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) created the Fire Tower Challenge for those who are gripped with fire tower fever.  Spruce Mountain has no views from the summit and you'll need to climb the fire tower to see the views. There is a newly professionally built hiking trail that travels to the tower.

The new, easy to follow hiking trail was completed in the spring of 2015. The 73 foot fire tower on the 2009 foot summit of Spruce Mountain was built in 1928 and manned until 1988. The tower was fully refurbished and opened in the summer of 2015. The summit is accessible by the new hiking trail. This area was heavily logged in the past. You will also find numerous radio towers near the fire tower.  The trailhead is a snowplow turnaround at the end of Spruce Mountain Road near Wells Road in the small hamlet of South Corinth.

The trail is closed during fall hunting season. Look below for a few pictures and some maps of this hike.

View from Spruce Mountain Fire Tower (courtesy of Jake Wilde)

Spruce Mountain Fire Tower (courtesy of a fellow hiker)