Bramley Mountain
{{Short description|Mountain in United States of America}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| location = Bloomville, New York, U.S.
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| name = Bramley Mountain
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| topo = USGS Bloomville
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Bramley Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York located south of Bloomville and east-northeast of Delhi. Bovina Mountain is located northeast of Bramley Mountain.
History
Bramley Mountain formerly had a fire observation tower at its peak. The tower was an {{convert|80|ft|m}} tall Aermotor LS40 tower erected by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 1950. The tower was closed at the end of the 1970 season.
In 1975, the tower was sold for $50 and removed from the mountaintop. The family that purchased and removed it from the mountain kept the tower in storage. In 2008, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection acquired the parcel that includes Bramley Mountain. The Catskill Mountain Club was allowed to build a trail to the summit in 2016. In January 2020 a group, Friends of Bramley Mountain, was formed to restore the tower to the mountain.{{cite web|url=https://catskillmountainclub.org/events/friends-of-bramley-mountain-fire-tower/|title=Friends Of Bramley Mountain Fire Tower|accessdate=2021-05-27 |publisher=Catskill Mountain Club|location=Margaretville, NY}} In November 2024 it was announced that the group had finished reconstructing the tower on Bramley Mountain's peak.{{cite web |title=Bramley Mountain Fire Tower Now Standing Tall! |url=https://bramleymountainfiretower.org/ |website=Bramley Mountain Fire Tower |publisher=Friends of Bramley Mountain Fire Tower |access-date=27 November 2024}}
References
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{{Mountains of New York}}
{{Fire lookout towers in New York}}