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Photograph of Prospect Point Camp
Photograph by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Prospect Point Camp

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Prospect Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp notable for its unusual chalets inspired by hunting lodges. Coulter's design is a significant example of the Adirondack Rustic style.”

Wikipedia article Prospect Point Camp, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 86 National Register listings published here for Franklin 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 listing

  • Address. E of NY 30, Saranac Inn, 12983
  • When was it listed? November 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Great Camps of the Adirondacks TR
  • Town. Santa Clara town
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86002947 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1905 to 1999

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.

Topographic sheet covering Prospect Point Camp, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet covering Prospect Point Camp, surveyed 1905

Fires near this property

39 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Prospect Point Camp between 2004 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPOLLIWOG FIRE
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersINDIAN CARRY
5 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCOPPER
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersFLOODWOOD
4 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHORSE SHOE POND
24 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersFCP FIRE

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prospect Point Camp: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Split Rock ProspectGraphitePast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Eagle Island Camp0.5 miles1987
Moss Ledge0.6 miles1986
Church of the Ascension Chapel and Rectory4.7 miles2021
Lady Tree Lodge4.8 miles2018
The Moorings6.1 miles2025
Oval Wood Dish Factory6.8 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002947 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Franklin CountyAll 86 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.