Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
“Echo Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp on the tip of Long Point adjacent to Camp Pine Knot on Raquette Lake. It was used as a private girls' camp from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s.”
Wikipedia article Echo Camp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Echo Camp between 2002 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HENS & CHICKENS |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH POINT |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | MARION RIVER |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | OUTLET 2 FIRE |
| 23 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | UC FIRE |
| 23 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | OUTLET FIRE |
| 23 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SARGENT POND FIRE |
| 19 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raquette Lake, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raquette Lake | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raquette Lake | - | Trees and wires reported down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raquette Lake | - | Trees down were down on Route 28 in Raquette Lake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raquette Lake | - | Large trees limbs were reported down and across a road in Raquette Lake as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Raquette Lake | - | Quarter size hail was reported along the north shore of Raquette Lake. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raquette Lake | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. William's Catholic Church | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Camp Pine Knot | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
| Whelan Camp | 1.5 miles | 1989 | |
 | Sagamore | 4.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Sagamore Lodge (Boundary Increase) | 4.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Camp Uncas | 4.8 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002939 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hamilton County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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