Albert Mountain Fire Tower

Reviews about Albert Mountain Fire Tower

• Herb Bastin

  May, 30 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  I was thinking of going here for the 2017 August Eclipse, but don't think I will. There's just not enough open area for good viewing the eclipse! Unfortunately, the main reason for this is that the tower takes up nearly 1/3 of the available sky from the ground. I imagine they will open the tower up to some special guests the day of the eclipse, but not us mere mortals. If 10 or 20 people come up here for the eclipse, it should be fine. However, I suspect there will be many more. I would almost rather view from an open field...
• Andrew Martin

  Dec, 30 2017
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  Great view, tough ascent/descent but it's completely worth it

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