Exploring The Abandoned Overlook Mountain House & Fire Tower!

#OverlookMountain #AbandonedNewYork #Catskills
The first hotel built on the mountain was designed and built by 1833 as interest in tourism in the area increased. The structure was built with the intention to expand it, but was unable to compete effectively with the Catskill Mountain House. The Overlook Mountain House, owned by Robert Livingston Pell and designed by Lewis B. Wagonen, opened in 1871. At 2,920 feet (890 m), it was at a higher elevation than the nearby Catskill Mountain House or other hotels in the area. The hotel had capacity for 300 guests, and was destroyed by fire in 1875. The hotel was rebuilt by the Kiersted Brothers in 1875, and faced increasing competition from the Grand Hotel, Hotel Kaaterskill, and Laurel House. In 1921 was the site of a secret organizational meeting of what was to become the Communist Labor Party of America. The hotel again burned down in 1923, and architect Frank P. Amato was hired by owner Morris Newgold to redesign and rebuild it. This design was never completely built, as the hotel's elevation and lack of rail transportation made it difficult for customers to reach the site, compounding owner Newgold's financial difficulties. The State of New York acquired much of the land, and the hotel was boarded up in 1940. Further fire damage in the mid-1960s brought down a roof-top tower which had remained standing until that point. The ruins of the hotel are accessible from the main trail.
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They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What may seem an eyesore to one person, just might be a beautiful masterpiece to another. There are places beloved by communities and protected in the hearts of those that hold their memories of its tattered hallways and decayed rooms dear. This is the way that we feel when we explore places that have been forgotten by time. Left to rot and decay and only holding the silent whispers of what once was. We know that there are people out there with malicious intent toward these places that we venture into. It saddens us when we see the filth and destruction they leave behind, but we want to make something very clear… We are explorers and lovers of history. We in no way, shape or form condone the criminal activities that take place in the historical decaying places that we document. Social media has brought many of these places to the limelight, but the intention is to show the beauty and mystery of abandonment. Not to invite trouble. Trouble will find its way on its own and to say that the peaceful documentation of these places leads to criminal activity, is mind blowing. We have met so many amazing fellow explorers in our travels and are so thankful and humbled by the positive responses we have received. We know that this type of exploration is not for everyone…many people don’t understand why we find such beauty in decay, we can only explain it as a beautiful journey into the past. We invite you to watch our explores and come along as we visit these amazing places. As for the criminal activity that occurs, those individuals are responsible for their own actions. It is a terrible part of our society, but reality, nonetheless. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for loving this location just as much as we do. We hope that through this video, the memories held within will remain.

[@adamtereska8734]

Every one of these abandoned locations tells a story. As content creators, we are the voices for these stories. That is why when someone asks me what my favorite location is, although they guess Centralia because I researched and studied it as much as I have, I don't have a favorite location because of each location's individual story. We are the storytellers, and our respect for the locations can never be overstated.

[@NickP]

I dare say abandoned locations cannot keep up with you guys.. Unbelievable ... Making your way through the mysterious bare forested area to find another great explore. Great job once again!!!

[@JMExplorations]

Nick P Was Here thank you! We just love hiking in the woods and it's a bonus when there are great places to explore!! Happy Thanksgiving our friend!! :) Stay safe! :)

[@NickP]

@@JMExplorations Agreed, it’s a good time! Thank you!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

[@ParanormalExplorers]

Wow that place is absolutely amazing. The ruin is spectacular never seen anything like it. Thanks guys. 🙏❤️👍

[@JMExplorations]

Paranormal Explorers thank you! We've explored many ruins before but none as huge and grand as this! :)

[@eileenmoyer6239]

As usual interesting explore! Have a great holiday week. Stay safe my friends

[@JMExplorations]

Eileen Moyer thank you! You have a great holiday as well! :)

[@jimrestaino7763]

You guys covered that trip brilliantly. I climbed the trail (2.5 miles ,1400 ft. up hill ) on 8-14-22 on a very clear day with my brother and his wife.I found it a little tiring going up ( i'm 66 ), but the view was worth it.Seeing the Hudson Valley and Kingston, as the puffy clouds with the sun rays shining thru from the west as it was late in the day was stunning.The drone shot was awesome with the beautiful background music. BTW you two are a cute couple . I recommend this trip. Jim.

[@JMExplorations]

Thank you for your kind words Jim! It's a beautiful hike up to the ruins and the views from the top are amazing!! We do a lot of hiking videos because we love to hike and be in nature and it's always a plus to find abandonment along the way!!! We appreciate you watching and commenting!!! :)

[@lonesomedovecall822]

Wow! This is actually a place I've visited! Back in 1986 I spent a week at "1000 Acres Ranch" in Stony Creek, NY and during our stay we heard about these Ruins so we spent a day exploring the whole place. Oddly, after almost 35 years, it looks about the same as I remember it. Although, back then, I seem to remember that some parts of the roof were still intact. I'll have to dig around and see if I still have the photos we took. Great explore, guys! It brought back some fond family memories! And, OMG, I absolutely LOVE that you found a tree with "J+M" carved into it. Seriously, how friggin' COOL was that?!?!? :-) Valerie.

[@JMExplorations]

LonesomeDoveCall thank you! We had such a great time while hiking and exploring this wonderful place and the views were spectacular! That would be so cool to see pics of this place from 35 years ago!! let us know if you find any! We would LOVE to see them! :)

[@SouthernOntarioSasquatch]

Thank you for embarking on this journey! What a stunning, facsinating location! The Old World in plain sight. God bless and take care!

[@JMExplorations]

Southern Ontario Sasquatch thank you!! It was a beautiful day spent hiking and exploring! :)

[@Cari413]

Hate that we missed seeing you guys! Hopefully in the future there will be another opportunity. Another amazing adventure, love this Jennifer and Marcel💓

[@JMExplorations]

Cari thank you and we will definitely hook up with you guys at some point! Even if we have to come to Texas to do it! :)

[@thenaturemanadventures]

Oooh sweet! Another fun adventure! Love when the old ruins are off trail and easily accessible. This building has so much character and intrigue for sure. Of course the best part of the video is the humourous banter back and forth ... You know I WOOD love to join in but enjoy seeing through the GLASS of my phone the fun 😁😁😁 Incredible views from the tower Jenn ... Love it!!! Have a great week my friends ☺️🌲

[@JMExplorations]

THE NATUREMAN thank you so much our friend!! We are so happy that you could join us on this adventure! What's better than hiking in the woods and exploring ruins? We know....hiking in the woods and exploring ruins with someone (YOU) who loves nature as much as us!!! :)

[@ExploringWithBonnie13]

Such a beautiful building and place. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful view from the fire tower

[@JMExplorations]

Exploring With Bonnie thank you for coming along with us! :)

[@chriswilkinson7654]

Incredible explore. Thank you for the adventure!

[@JMExplorations]

Chris Wilkinson thank you! We appreciate you coming along! :)

[@TradingVibrations]

plasma discharge might be the reason for the demise - having weird items in stone (that is created from an event that is heat related) is not uncommon for real researchers to find. Love your vids!

[@JMExplorations]

Trading Vibrations thank you! We had so much fun on this explore and the hike was amazing! :)

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

I looove that location. Hunter tower was awesome to climb. Sooo glad you went & had a great day & explore. Cool peeps along the way at the tower. The overlook ruins are the best. Amazing views.. and the carvings from earlier times on the ledge. Thee best. Great one 🖤

[@JMExplorations]

Explore with me, Marlo C thank you! it was definitely worth the 3 mile hike uphill! lol The place was so much larger than we expected and do you know what that back building was? Was it the owner or General Managers house? What a view from the lookout and those carvings were amazing! :)

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@JMExplorations that building in the back was the managers shack i believe. So worth the cardio to get up there ☺️

[@SandraPinkParanormal]

That building was amazing and the views from that Tower were so beautiful good job guys thanks for sharing I really enjoyed it👍💜💜👍

[@JMExplorations]

sandra Pink Video's thank you! The views were just breathtaking!!! :)

[@HauntedRamblings]

I loved that when Jen climbed into tge fireplace.. great photo op lol.. loved the video and all the footage after!! Amazing that those walls look so thin but still stand!!

[@JMExplorations]

Haunted Ramblings we both took many photos sitting in that fireplace! LOL we felt very safe walking around inside those buildings!! The walls were pretty secure!! :)

[@FullDarkParanormal]

Omg omggg omg this is one of my favorite places!!!! How was that uphill walk, enjoyable? (I hike very slow, this one got me resting every 10 mins)! 😂 I love seeing this place with the leaves gone and the structure so exposed, and the FOUNTAINS. There’s so many little spaces to explore there, it’s surprisingly intricate. I love ruins in a gorgeous forest environment! Excellent work, guys!! 🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽

[@JMExplorations]

Full Dark Paranormal Explorers thank you! We really enjoyed the hike up there but we had to stop a few times as well! The incline was constant and you never get a break! lol We just love being in the woods and exploring ruins is just the icing!! :)

[@lor-granpab8159]

What's up my "birches"? 🤣🤣 Beautiful location! The "heights" you go to bring incredible footage! Stunning, simply stunning. Thank you for everything you do, love you guys... and... Superman reference 👌 🤣👍

[@JMExplorations]

Bernie Courtemanche LOL...thank you!! We had such a good time! We just love being in the mountains! It's so serene and when you have ruins to explore makes it even better! :)

[@andria_explores]

Omg this place is amazing!! What an awesome explore. I need to check it out.

[@JMExplorations]

Andria Ferenzo it's so worth it and the hike is awesome too! :)

[@Mysterycat1974]

I loooooooooove the drone footage! I always thought this place wouldn't be exciting whenever I would research it, since it's just the shell of the place, but after seeing this video I now wanna check it out! All the pics I've seen never made it look this good! I love all the staircases. I would be in selfie heaven!

[@JMExplorations]

Mr. Fables Exploration thank you and it's well worth the trip up there! It wasn't nearly as tough as Mt Success! lol When you come up to the ruins you can't believe how enormous they are! You should definitely check it out! :)

[@adamtereska8734]

Great video and exploration. Very cool location.

[@JMExplorations]

Adam Tereska thank you! We appreciate you coming along with us! :)

[@JBH_207]

Great video love seeing the awesome places you guys explore together! 😀

[@JMExplorations]

Jon Holbrook thank you and we love having you along with us! :)

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

You two crack me up! 😂 What an amazing place it must have been, that huge arched doorway Made me think of Gene Wilder at the wooden castle doors and says “what knockers!” Has that Young Frankenstein feel to it! Thank you for another great explore 😎👍

[@JMExplorations]

Dinkum Aussie thank you! We have so much fun together and we are glad it comes across that way in our videos! We appreciate you coming along with us! :)

[@eileenmoyer6239]

As usual great explore!! Stay safe my friends💜💜

[@JMExplorations]

Eileen Moyer thank you! :)

[@deekay7733]

Been too the Catskills game farm and we used to camp at lake George.

[@JMExplorations]

We remember checking out the Catskills Game farm back a couple years ago for a future explore but they are still open fro camping and stuff we believe!

[@rootedexpeditions]

You guys are just so much fun to watch lol like always.. woah this place is so awesome!!! Very cool looks most of those buildings look to be very stable for sure.

[@JMExplorations]

Rooted Expeditions thank you for your kind words! This place was so awesome to explore! :)

[@rootedexpeditions]

@@JMExplorations thanks for taking us along

[@tresannrn8454]

Hey Guys!! Thank you so much for another absolutely beautiful video. I do believe that glass and other pottery was used to reinforce existing walls in some period after the initial construction. Most of these abandoned buildings are like our bones in that they tell our history. OMGosh...thank you for taking me along..❤. I love how you pull together the ending with piano and sights that make me go..Awwwwww.....makes any bad go away!!!✌🙂❤❤

[@JMExplorations]

Tres Ann thank you! It's always our pleasure to take our friends along with us on our adventures! We are so happy to have you here to share our journeys! :)

[@HauntedRamblings]

When you were going up and down stairs by that bath tub all I could think of was the scene in the movie The Labyrinth... where the baby was climbing the moving stairs.. and she was trying to think of the last line....

[@JMExplorations]

Haunted Ramblings lol right? :)

[@jaygentile5202]

Awesome structure where did the floors go ? Great views too beautiful. HJ (xplorer llttf)

[@JMExplorations]

Jay Gentile thank you! The floors have crumbled away we guess!!! :)

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

12:30 the man is exactly right the stuff embeddeded in the concrete is exactly that a filler back in the old days people conserved and reused wherever they could keep in mind that old pottery and glass while its collectible these days back then it was likely had no value and was destined to be buried possibly burnt and certainly would have been an unsightly trash pile admittedly though the square nails in the concrete is a bit odd as those hand forged wrought iron square nails and expensive for the time so its odd to see them imbedded in concrete with trash like that

[@JMExplorations]

Thank you for watching and commenting!!!! We appreciate it! :)

[@chrislair6832]

That place must have been badass when it was 1st built. It's sad to see how quickly and dramatically time and neglect eat everything

[@JMExplorations]

It always blows us away to see these places. We love to close our eyes and imagine what it was like in the day! Ruins are always one of our favorite places to visit. Thank you so much for coming along with us!!

[@chrislair6832]

@@JMExplorations Yeah I'm the exact same way that's just been my thing forever. But thank you guys for putting in all the hard work and keeping us entertained. Tomorrow afternoon I should email you with 5 or 6 different places around the Oklahoma City area

[@Axess-sv8nq]

But, what's in room 237?

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Hey, did you notice some chatting in places, like listen closely at a place like at --11:00-- at around the 11:18 mark keep listen and other talking is very briefly heard. Other stuff like that is heard at different places while you were in the buildings. If I can find one I'll try to put the time stamp in. Like when you go in the first building and go up the stairs you can hear talking and the word "help". A fun thing to do would be to play your video, close your eyes and just listen, really listen & try to ignor your talkings and just really intensely listen....you might be surprised by what you might hear. The 1st building after you mention the fireplace & all can you hear the voices in the background every now & then? While on the stairs I heard a guy say "help" seemed like. Oh well I'll just play your video and come back if something clearly stands out.

[@JMExplorations]

GhostCity Shelton there were a lot of people around so we're not surprised that you heard people! We went early and it wasn't too bad but as the day went on more and more people started showing up since it's a nice trail for hiking! :)

[@marciaglickman4645]

Awesome as usual

[@JMExplorations]

We appreciate that!! Thank you so much!☺️☺️

[@littleredgirl9749]

This may be a Tartarian building. Look up videos from Jonlevi to see more about them.

[@JMExplorations]

Live the Truth thank you...we will definitely look into that! :)

[@abandonedworldgermany]

Very interesting

[@JMExplorations]

Abandoned World Germany thank you! :)

[@nicoleperron3315]

Beautiful view, but is that the same tower you climbed in another video? Too high for me !

[@JMExplorations]

Nicole Perron it really was beautiful up there and this was a different tower than I climbed before. The other one was in Vermont at Hogback Mountain. :)

[@nicoleperron3315]

@@JMExplorations the building didn't look familiar but those stairs on the tower!! You like heights! I like my feet firmly planted on the ground.

[@2llamas1cup]

My son and I hiked this when he was just 6yrs old and we still talk about it! Do you have any info on the drone that you use? Those shots were amazing!

[@JMExplorations]

Hey there! Thank you for watching!!! We actually have two drones. We have a DJI Phantom 3 which is a bigger one and we also have a nice small one that we can carry in our backpack which is the one we used on this explore. It is the DJI Spark and it is awesome!!!

[@2llamas1cup]

@@JMExplorations Thank you so much! We’ve been to some amazing places and it would’ve been amazing to have a drone. PS. We love your videos. Stay safe out there!

[@rootedexpeditions]

Yea heights no thank you lol but the view is beautiful!!!!

[@JMExplorations]

Rooted Expeditions the view was breathtaking! :)

[@rootedexpeditions]

@@JMExplorations yes it was thanks for sharing

[@lindasprout9526]

Did you find out what the building was?

[@JMExplorations]

Linda Sprout we are guessing it was the owner's house or General Manager? We are still not sure but we will find out and let you know! :)

[@deekay7733]

Have you guys ever been to October mountain in Lee mass?

[@JMExplorations]

DeeKay77 we go to the Berkshires a lot but I'm not sure we have been to October Mountain. I will ask Jennifer. She knows the Berkshires better than I do. Is there something cool to see up there?

[@deekay7733]

@@JMExplorations I'm not sure now a days. Years ago my hubby and I and friends drove ATVS. We had so much fun. I know there is a lake at the top. It's been a hotbed for paranormal, the name of the location dates back to 1853, a long forgotten cemetery from the 19th century that is reutable to be haunted, Anna Pease who died in 1829 at 10 yrs old, she's been reported being seen in a white dress, humming noises, strange lights reported throughout the 70s, ufos and Bigfoot reported being spotted,.. Other sites would be Danvers state hospital Mozzie bird in house USS Salem Glouster dog town The Bridgewater triangle And the housac tunnel Maybe you've been to some of these places. If you do go I would love to join you if that was possible. Take care and thank you for what you guys do. paranormalunitedstates.com/secrets-of-october-mountain

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

dude yall in the middle of nowhere and ya told ya lady she looks ancient lucky she didnt turn you into ghost story

[@JMExplorations]

LOL….we love to go back and forth with each other!!! It’s all in fun!!! I am 11 years older than her so if she’s ancient….what does that make me? 😂😂😂

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

@@JMExplorations you know last year my fiance and i bought the married with children series on dvd we came to the startling realization that were like peggy and al

[@chrislair6832]

One more question in your description but did it really burn down and be rebuilt in 1 year

[@JMExplorations]

For this explore, we relied mostly on the story we posted in the description. There were some wild stories circulating about its past and the fire that damaged so much of the building. We can't be sure if it is 100% accurate to say that it was rebuilt in a year. It seems so crazy to think that because this place was extremely remote! Thank you so much for commenting. I hope that helps a little!

[@chrislair6832]

@@JMExplorations Oh yeah absolutely it see their insanity how hard they would have had to work or just a mis". That place is so big it just surprises me. Where was that at

[@harryhumstone3149]

I was there 8/20

[@JMExplorations]

Harry Humstone great place isn't it? It's also a nice hike! :)

[@harryhumstone3149]

My favorite part is look out for the rattlesnakes that’s the little path to the Overlook up by the fire tower

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Guess what?! I just now found your email ! Sorry I missed getting to see ya! It would have been a blast. I was probably out flying a flag for Trump when you were in Maryland or teaching the kiddies music at my church. Well hopefully there can be a next time. If you like I could give you my phone number in an email.😎 Now on to your video.

[@JMExplorations]

GhostCity Shelton no worries....we will be in your area again soon! if you want to email us your number we will definitely call or text you when we come to the area! :)