Mount Nimham | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,273 feet (388 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 41°27′40″N 73°43′30″W / 41.4612045°N 73.7251311°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | NW of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, U.S. |
Topo map | USGS Lake Carmel |
Mount Nimham is a 1,273-foot-tall (388 m) mountain in Hudson Highlands of New York. It is located northwest of Carmel in Putnam County. Nimham Mountain is named after Chief Daniel Nimham of the Wappinger tribe. In 1940, an 82-foot-6-inch-tall (25.15 m) steel fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 fire lookout season and was officially closed the next year. The tower appears on the National Historic Lookout Register and is still open to the public.