Swede Mountain Firetower — Attraction in Town of Hague

Swede Mountain Fire Tower Trail is an easy hike of two miles. The reward is greater than the effort. When you reach the sturdy rebuilt fire tower, you can climb up five landings to the top where you will be in an enclosed top deck with a roof. The entire structure is galvanized angle iron, unlike the original which was a log structure. A magnificent sweeping view of the mountains of the Southern Adirondacks is your reward. Next to the tower are the ruins of the ranger's quarters who manned the tower. Along the trail in early September are black berry and red rasberry bushes. Also, a variety of flowering plants and mushrooms. At the top of the tower, brisk winds of the high mountains will greet you. That, and small splashes of colored leaves hint of the change of seasons which will come first, here on the mountain tops of the...

First off, thank you to the landowner(s) for allowing access to this tower and to the builders and maintainers of the trail. Great trail for the whole family. You are surrounded by raspberry bushes for so much of the trail. Try to go when in season. Note that you are in the sun quite a bit. Lovely trail, easy walking, not too steep. Stairs where very steep. You can get glimpses of the view at the summit however it is wooded and you need to climb the tower for...

It's alright. Very short and gets pretty muddy in spots at basically all times of the year. It does have a fire tower that's taller than most with a pretty good view for how short of a hike it is. If there was a 3.5 stars option I would choose that. It's not great, it's not bad, it's okay. Worth seeing...