Catskill Mountains - wikipedia Catskill Mountains Catskill Mountains Slide Mountain and the peaks around it as seen from Twin Mountain in the northern Catskills Highest point Peak Slide Mountain ( S of Shandaken, Ulster ) Elevation 4,180 ft ( 1,270 m ) Coordinates 41 ° 59 ′ 55 '' N 74 ° 23 ′ 11 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.99861 ° N 74.38639 ° W ﻿ / 41.99861 ; - 74.38639 Coordinates : 41 ° 59 ′ 55 '' N 74 ° 23 ′ 11 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.99861 ° N 74.38639 ° W ﻿ / 41.99861 ; - 74.38639 Length 111 mi ( 179 km ) N / S Width 102 mi ( 164 km ) E / W Area 15,259 km ( 5,892 sq mi ) Geography Map of the main regions of the Northeast Appalachians, with the Catskills as `` C ''. Country United States State New York Region Hudson Valley Counties List Delaware Greene Schoharie Sullivan Ulster Communities List Ellenville Fleischmanns Hunter Liberty Margaretville Monticello Palenville Phoenicia Shandaken Shokan Tannersville Wawarsing Windham Woodstock Parent range Appalachian ( Allegheny Plateau ) Borders on List Poconos Shawangunk Ridge Hudson Valley Great Appalachian Valley Mohawk Valley Rivers Esopus Creek, Neversink River, Rondout Creek and Schoharie Creek Geology Age of rock Devonian and Mississippian Type of rock Sedimentary The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700,000 - acre ( 2,800 km ) forest preserve forever protected from many forms of development under New York state law. Geologically, the Catskills are a mature dissected plateau, a once - flat region subsequently uplifted and eroded into sharp relief by watercourses. The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau ( also known as the Appalachian Plateau ). The Catskills are well known in American culture, both as the setting for many 19th - century Hudson River School paintings and as the favored destination for vacationers from New York City in the mid-20th century. The region 's many large resorts gave countless young stand - up comedians an opportunity to hone their craft. In addition, the Catskills have long been a haven for artists, musicians, and writers, especially in and around the towns of Phoenicia and Woodstock. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Geography 3 Geology 4 Recreation 4.1 Aquatic sports and recreation 4.2 Bicycling 4.3 Hiking and camping 4.4 Skiing 5 Structures 5.1 Fire towers 5.2 Notable landmarks 6 Transportation 7 In popular culture 8 See also 9 References 9.1 Further reading 10 External links Etymology Views of the Catskills from the Hudson like this led to the name `` Blue Mountains '' for a time. A 1656 map of New Netherland showing the locations of the Lands of the Kat Kills and the High Lands of the Esopus Nicolaes Visscher I 's 1656 map of New Netherland located the Landt van Kats Kill at the mouth of Catskill creek. The region to the south is identified as Hooge Landt van Esopus ( High Lands of the Esopus ), a reference to a local band of northern Lenape Native Americans who inhabited the banks of the Hudson and hunted in the highlands along the Esopus Creek. While the meaning of the name ( `` cat creek '' in Dutch ) and the namer ( early Dutch explorers ) are settled matters, how and why the area is named `` Catskills '' is a mystery. Mountain lions ( catamounts ) were known to have been in the area when the Dutch arrived in the 17th century and may have been a reason for the name. A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning, by Thomas Cole The confusion over the origins of the name led over the years to variant spellings such as Kaatskill and Kaaterskill, both of which are also still used : the former in the regional magazine Kaatskill Life, the latter as the name of a mountain peak and a waterfall. The supposed Indian name for the range, Onteora ( `` land in the sky '' ), was actually created by a white man in the mid-19th century to drum up business for a resort. It, too, persists today as the name of a school district and as the name of a Boy Scout summer camp ( Onteora Scout Reservation ). Geography The Catskills are located approximately 100 miles ( 160 km ) north - northwest of New York City and 40 miles ( 60 km ) southwest of Albany, starting west of the Hudson River. The Catskills occupy much or all of five counties : ( Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster ), with some areas falling into the boundaries of southwestern Albany, eastern Broome, northwestern Orange, and southern Otsego counties. Foothills are also found in southeastern Chenango, southern Montgomery, northern Otsego, and western Schenectady counties. At the eastern end of the range, the mountains begin quite dramatically with the Catskill Escarpment rising up suddenly from the Hudson Valley. The western boundary is far less certain, as the mountains gradually decline in height and grade into the rest of the Allegheny Plateau. Nor is there a consensus on where the Catskills end to the north or south. The Poconos, to the immediate southwest in Pennsylvania, are technically a continuation of the Catskills under a different name. The Catskills contain more than 30 peaks above 3,500 feet ( 1,100 m ) and parts of six important rivers. The Catskill Mountain 3500 Club is an organization whose members have climbed all the peaks in the Catskills over 3,500 feet ( 1,100 m ). The highest mountain, Slide Mountain in Ulster County, has an elevation of 4,180 feet ( 1,270 m ). Free floating tubers on Esopus Creek Climatically, the Catskills lie within the Allegheny Highlands forests ecoregion. Geology. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2015 ) Kaaterskill Falls on Spruce Creek near Palenville, New York. One of the higher falls in New York. Two separate falls total 260 ft ( 79 m ) Although the Catskills are sometimes compared with the Adirondack Mountains farther north, the two mountain ranges are not geologically related, as the Adirondacks are a continuation of the Canadian Shield. Similarly, the Shawangunk Ridge, which forms the southeastern edge of the Catskills, is part of the geologically distinct Ridge - and - Valley province and is a continuation of the same ridge known as Kittatinny Mountain in New Jersey and Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania. The Catskill Mountains are more of a dissected plateau than a series of mountain ranges. The sediments that make up the rocks in the Catskills were deposited when the ancient Acadian Mountains in the east were rising and subsequently eroding. The sediments traveled westward and formed a great delta into the sea that was in the area at that time. The escarpment of the Catskill Mountains is near the former ( landward ) edge of this delta, as the sediments deposited in the northeastern areas along the escarpment were deposited above sea level by moving rivers, and the Acadian Mountains were located roughly where the Taconic Mountains are located today ( though significantly larger ). Finer sediment was deposited further westward, and thus the rocks change from gravel conglomerates to sandstone and shale. Further west, these fresh water deposits intermingle with shallow marine sandstone and shale until the end, in deeper water limestone. The uplift and erosion of the Acadian Mountains was occurring during the Devonian and early Mississippian period ( 395 to 325 million years ago ). Over that time, thousands of feet of these sediments built up, slowly moving the Devonian seashore further west. A meteor impact occurred in the shallow sea approximately 375 mya, creating a 10 km ( 6 mi ) diameter crater. This crater eventually filled with sediments and became Panther Mountain through the process of uplift and erosion. By the middle of the Mississippian period, the uplift stopped, and the Acadian Mountains had been eroded so much that sediments no longer flowed across the Catskill Delta. Over time, the sediments were buried by more sediments from other areas, until the original Devonian and Mississippian sediments were deeply buried and slowly became solid rock. Then the entire area experienced uplift, which caused the sedimentary rocks to begin to erode. Today, those upper sedimentary rocks have been completely removed, exposing the Devonian and Mississippian rocks. Today 's Catskills are a result of the continued erosion of these rocks, both by streams and, in the recent past, by glaciers. Platte Clove, a break in the Escarpment created by glacial action. In successive Ice Ages, both valley and continental glaciers have widened the valleys and the notches of the Catskills and rounded the mountains. Grooves and scratches in exposed bedrock provides evidence of the great sheets of ice that once traversed through the region. Even today the erosion of the mountains continues, with the region 's rivers and streams deepening and widening the mountains ' valleys and cloves. Recreation Aquatic Sports and recreation The Ashokan Reservoir as seen from Wittenberg Mountain. Esopus Creek is a 65.4 - mile ( 105.3 km ) tributary of the Hudson River, starting at Winnisook Lake on Slide Mountain. It flows across ( Ulster County to the Hudson River at Saugerties. The Esopus is noted for making an almost 270 - degree turn around Panther Mountain, following a buried 6 - mile ( 10 km ) impact crater rim. It is famous for tubing, a sport of rafting down a river in an inner tube. Many tubers begin their trip at Phoenicia, New York, and head down the creek towards the Ashokan Reservoir at Olive, New York. The Ashokan Reservoir is part of the New York City water supply system, with fishing allowed under permit, but swimming and most other recreational uses are forbidden. River canoeing and kayaking are popular. There are 42 rapids ranging from class I to V+. The Esopus Creek is famous for its fly fishing, although in recent years it has been plagued by invasive plants. Another great place to fish is Roscoe, New York, also known as trout town USA. Every April 1 people flock there from all over to kick off the start of fly fishing season. Bicycling Road and mountain bicycling are popular in the range. Bicycle racing includes The Tour of the Catskills, a three - day road stage race held in Green and Ulster counties each summer, and the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Windham. Other cycling resources include the Catskill Scenic Trail and the Headwaters Trails in Stamford. Several ski centers provide downhill mountain bicycling in the warmer months. Hiking and camping Within the range is the Catskill Park, comprising over 700,000 acres ( 280,000 ha ). Catskill Park is part of New York 's Forest Preserve. Not all the land is publicly owned ; about 60 % remains in private hands, but new sections are added frequently. Most of the park and the preserve are within Ulster County, with a significant portion in Greene County, and parts in Sullivan and Delaware counties as well. Many of the trails in public areas are maintained and updated by the New York -- New Jersey Trail Conference and the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club. Hunter Mountain Devil 's Path is one of the many trails open for hikers. Spots to camp in the Catskills include Bear Spring Mountain, Little Pond, Mongaup Pond, and North - South Lake. Skiing There are five main downhill ski and snowboard areas in the Catskills : Belleayre Mountain ( run by the Olympic Regional Development Authority ) ; Hunter Mountain ( the first ski area to install snowmaking machines in New York ) ; Windham Mountain ; Holiday Mountain Ski and Fun in Monticello ; and Plattekill Mountain in Roxbury. Joppenbergh Mountain, in Rosendale Village hosted its first ski jumping competition in 1937. Ski jumping was continued on the mountain until February 7, 1971, when the last competition was held. The Mountain Trails Cross Country Ski Center in Tannersville has 22 miles ( 35 km ) of trails. Structures This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2017 ) Fire towers Balsam Lake Mountain fire tower in 2008 The Catskill Mountains fire towers were constructed to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. Twenty - three fire towers were built in the Catskill Mountains between 1908 and 1950. The fire towers fell out of use by the 1970s as fire spotting from airplanes had become more effective and efficient, so the fire towers were decommissioned ; the Hunter Mountain Fire Tower was the last to be taken out of service in 1990. All but five of the towers were dismantled. The five remaining towers have been renovated and opened to the public as observation posts with panoramic views. The remaining towers are : Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station near Hardenburgh, elevation 3,723 ft ( 1,135 m ) Hunter Mountain Fire Tower near Hunter, elevation 4,042 ft ( 1,232 m ) Overlook Mountain Tower near Woodstock, elevation 3,140 ft ( 960 m ) Red Hill Fire Tower near Denning, elevation 2,990 ft ( 910 m ) Tremper Mountain Fire Tower near Shandaken, elevation 2,740 ft ( 840 m ) Notable landmarks The Catskill Mountain House, built in 1824, was a hotel near Palenville, New York, in the Catskill Mountains overlooking the Hudson River Valley. In its prime at the turn of the century, visitors included United States Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Chester A. Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt. Shortly after it was completed, the Mountain House became a regular subject for Washington Irving and artists from the new Hudson River School, most notably artists Thomas Cole and William Henry Bartlett. Transportation From 1872, the Catskills were served by the Catskill Mountain Branch of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad which was absorbed into the New York Central railroad in 1932. Passenger rail service continued until 1954. Part of the line still exists but now serves only freight. The Delaware and Ulster Railroad is a heritage railroad, based in Arkville, New York, that still runs a scenic part of the track from Highmount to Hubbell Corners, New York, for tourist use. The Catskill Mountain Railroad is also a heritage railroad in the Catskills, operating from Kingston up to Highmount. A map of the railroads in the Catskill Mountains. Despite what the map says, nearly the entirety of this map is of the Catskills. East of the Hudson River are The Berkshires and the Taconic Mountains, and to the far north ( central and northern Albany County, and far northern Schoharie County ) are the Appalachians. The Catskills are accessible by automobile from the east along Interstate 87 / New York State Thruway, which runs north -- south through the Hudson Valley. To the south and southwest, the Catskills are accessible by a variety of highways, including New York State Route 55, U.S. Route 44, U.S. Route 209, and New York State Route 17. Access to the western Catskills is provided by New York State Route 30 ; and the vaguely defined far - western edge of the region is variously considered to be New York State Route 10 or Interstate 88, though this boundary remains a matter of local preference. New York State Routes 28 and 23A cut east -- west through the heart of the Catskills, serving many of the most popular outdoor tourist destinations. New York State Route 23 runs east -- west across the Catskills ' northern section. The closest major airports to the Catskill region are Albany International Airport to the north and Stewart International Airport in Newburgh to the south. Smaller airports in the region include : Columbia County Airport in Hudson Dutchess County Airport in Poughkeepsie Joseph Y. Resnick Airport in Ellenville Kingston - Ulster Airport Kobelt Airport in Wallkill Randall Airport in Middletown Sullivan County International Airport in Monticello Wurtsboro - Sullivan County Airport In popular culture More than 3 dozen films have their setting in the Catskills. The Hudson Valley Film Commission maintains a list of films set in the Hudson Valley / Catskills Region. The town of Bethel, New York, located in the Catskills was home to the famous Woodstock Music festival in 1969. The music festival took place from August 15 - 18, 1969. Thirty - two music acts performed in front of over 500,000 concert - goers. The event was captured in the documentary movie Woodstock ( 1970 ). The site is now home to the world - renowned Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. The many hotels and vacation resorts located in the Catskills are notable in American cultural history for their role in the development of modern stand - up comedy. Comedians such as Rodney Dangerfield, Jackie Mason, and Don Rickles all got their start performing in Catskill hotel venues colloquially referred to as the Borscht Belt. Catskills View from The Mountain House ( 1836 ), painting by William Henry Bartlett. October in the Catskills, 1880 painting by Sanford Robinson Gifford. Painting by Asher Brown Durand depicting the Catskills using the `` sublime landscape '' approach. The Walters Art Museum. Woodstock Redmond Stage, Woodstock Music Festival 1969. See also Helderberg Escarpment Hudson River School References Jump up ^ `` REGIONAL TOPOGRAPHY ''. Catskills GIS Atlas. Catskill Center. Archived from the original on 2009 - 10 - 29. Retrieved 2009 - 10 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U.S. '' U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 06. 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The Walters Art Museum. Further reading Heilprin, Angelo ( 1907 ). `` The Catskill Mountains ''. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 39 ( 4 ) : 193 -- 201. doi : 10.2307 / 198709. ISSN 0190 - 5929. JSTOR 198709. McIntosh, Robert P. ( 1962 ). `` The forest cover of the Catskill Mountain region, New York, as indicated by land survey records ''. American Midland Naturalist. 68 ( 2 ) : 409 -- 23. doi : 10.2307 / 2422746. ISSN 0003 - 0031. JSTOR 2422746. McIntosh, Robert P. ( 1972 ). `` Forests of the Catskill Mountains, New York ''. Ecological Monographs. 42 ( 2 ) : 143 -- 61. doi : 10.2307 / 1942261. JSTOR 1942261. McIntosh, R.P. ; R.T. Hurley ( 1964 ). `` The spruce - fir forests of the Catskill Mountains ''. Ecology. 45 ( 2 ) : 314 -- 26. doi : 10.2307 / 1933844. ISSN 0012 - 9658. JSTOR 1933844. Rich, John Lyon ( 1906 ). `` Local glaciation in the Catskill Mountains ''. The Journal of Geology. 14 ( 2 ) : 113 -- 21. doi : 10.1086 / 621285. ISSN 0022 - 1376. Shepard, Paul ( 1957 ). `` Paintings of the New England landscape : a scientist looks at their geomorphology ''. College Art Journal. 17 ( 1 ) : 30 -- 43. doi : 10.2307 / 773655. ISSN 1543 - 6322. JSTOR 773655. Weathers, K.C. ; G.M. Lovett ; G.E. Likens ; R. Lathrop ( 2000 ). `` The effect of landscape features on deposition to Hunter Mountain, Catskill Mountains, New York ''. Ecological Applications. 10 ( 2 ) : 528 -- 40. doi : 10.1890 / 1051 - 0761 ( 2000 ) 010 ( 0528 : TEOLFO ) 2.0.CO ; 2. ISSN 1051 - 0761. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catskill Mountains. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Catskills. Wikisource has the text of the 1921 Collier 's Encyclopedia article Catskill Mountains. `` Catskill Mountains ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 ( 11th ed. ). 1911. 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Tributaries Batten Kill Black Meadow Creek Bowery Creek Breakneck Brook Canajoharie Creek Caroga Creek Casperkill Catskill Creek Cayadutta Creek Cedar River Claverack Creek Clove Brook Cobleskill Creek Coeymans Creek Coxsackie Creek Cross River Croton River East Branch Croton River East Branch Sacandaga River East Canada Creek Eightmile Creek Esopus Creek Fall Kill Fishkill Creek Fonteyn Kill Fulmer Creek Hannacrois Creek Honnedaga Brook Hoosic River Jackson Creek Jan De Bakkers Kill Kaaterskill Creek Kayaderosseras Kinderhook Creek Kisco River Lake Creek Little Shawangunk Kill Maritje Kill Miami River Mill Creek Mohawk River Moodna Creek Moordener Kill Moyer Creek Muddy Kill Neepaulakating Creek Normans Kill Nowadaga Creek Onesquethaw Creek Oriskany Creek Otsquago Creek Otter Kill Papakating Creek Peekskill Hollow Creek Pocantico River Pochuck Creek Poesten Kill Potic Creek Quassaick Creek Roeliff Jansen Kill Rondout Creek Sacandaga River Sauquoit Creek Saw Kill Saw Mill River Sawyer Kill Schoharie Creek Schroon River Shawangunk Kill Sparkill Creek Sprout Creek Steele Creek Stockport Creek Stony Clove Creek Taghkanic Creek Tenmile Creek Tin Brook Titicus River Verkeerder Kill Vloman Kill Wallkill River Walloomsac River Wappinger Creek Wawayanda Creek West Branch Papakating Creek West Branch Sacandaga River West Canada Creek West Kill Wynants Kill Lakes Alcove Reservoir Ashokan Reservoir Basic Creek Reservoir Beacon Reservoir Bog Brook Reservoir Cedar Lake Chadwick Lake Chub Lake Cross River Reservoir Croton Falls Reservoir Dyken Pond East Branch Reservoir East Caroga Lake Fall Lake Franklinton Vlaie Garnet Lake Glenmere Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Great Vlaie Henderson Lake Honnedaga Lake Indian Lake Lizard Pond Lake Maratanza Muscoot Reservoir Lake Neepaulin New Croton Reservoir Notch Lake Piseco Lake Lake Pleasant Queechy Lake Rondout Reservoir Sacandaga Lake Saratoga Lake Sturgeon Pool Surprise Lake Sylvan Lake Lake Tear of the Clouds Thompson Pond Titicus Reservoir Trout Lake West Caroga Lake Whaley Lake Winnisook Lake Towns Albany Alpine Amsterdam Bayonne Beacon Bedford Beekman Bennington Bethlehem Blooming Grove Carmel Catskill Cliffside Park Clifton Park Cohoes Colonie Cortlandt East Fishkill East Greenbush Edgewater Englewood Cliffs Fishkill Fort Lee Glenville Gloversville Greenburgh Guilderland Halfmoon Herkimer Hoboken Hyde Park Jersey City Kingston Kirkland LaGrange Lloyd Malta Middletown Milton Monroe Montgomery Moreau Mount Pleasant New Castle New Hartford New Paltz New Windsor New York City Newburgh Niskayuna North Adams North Bergen Ossining Peekskill Plattekill Poughkeepsie Queensbury Rome Rotterdam Saugerties Schenectady Shawangunk Somers Southeast Sparta Tenafly Troy Utica Vernon Wallkill Wappinger Warwick Weehawken West New York Whitestown Wilton Yonkers Yorktown Landmarks Adirondack Mountains Adirondack Park Ashokan Bridge Blenheim Bridge Buskirk Bridge Catskill Mountains Champlain Canal Cohoes Falls Copeland Bridge Delaware and Hudson Canal Eagleville Bridge East River Erie Canal George Washington Bridge Harlem River Helderberg Escarpment Hudson Highlands State Park Kaaterskill Clove Kaaterskill Falls Kill Van Kull Kingston -- Rhinecliff Bridge Mid-Hudson Bridge Newburgh -- Beacon Bridge New Tappan Zee Bridge The Palisades Perrine 's Bridge Plotter Kill Preserve Pollepel Island Popolopen Rexleigh Bridge Rip Van Winkle Bridge Salisbury Center Bridge Schoharie Bridge Shushan Bridge Sleepy Hollow Statue of Liberty Taconic Mountains Tappan Zee Bridge Verkeerder Kill Falls Verrazano - Narrows Bridge Walkway over the Hudson Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge West Canada Lake Wilderness Area West Point Mountains of New York Adirondack Mountains Dix Range Dix Mountain Grace Peak Hough Peak Macomb Mountain South Dix Great Range Armstrong Mountain Basin Mountain Gothics Lower Wolfjaw Mountain Saddleback Mountain Sawteeth Upper Wolfjaw Mountain MacIntyre Mountains Algonquin Peak Iroquois Peak Mount Marshall Wright Peak Marcy Group Allen Mountain Cliff Mountain Gray Peak Mount Colden Mount Haystack Mount Marcy Mount Redfield Mount Skylight Others Ampersand Mountain Azure Mountain Bald Mountain Bell Mountain Big Slide Mountain Black Mountain Blake Peak Blue Mountain Cascade Mountain Couchsachraga Peak Dial Mountain Donaldson Mountain Esther Mountain Giant Mountain Gore Mountain Hadley Mountain Hurricane Mountain Jay Mountain Lyon Mountain MacNaughton Mountain McKenzie Mountain Mount Adams Mount Arab Mount Colvin Mount Emmons Mount Jo Mount McGregor Mount Van Hoevenberg Nippletop Noonmark Mountain Nye Mountain Owls Head Mountain Panther Peak Phelps Mountain Pitchoff Mountain Poke - O - Moonshine Mountain Porter Mountain Rocky Peak Ridge Santanoni Peak Seward Mountain Seymour Mountain Silver Lake Mountain Snowy Mountain Spruce Mountain Street Mountain Table Top Mountain Titus Mountain Whiteface Mountain Catskill Mountains Blackhead Mountains Black Dome Blackhead Thomas Cole Mountain Burroughs Range Wittenberg Mountain Cornell Mountain Slide Mountain Devil 's Path Hunter Mountain Indian Head Mountain Plateau Mountain Southwest Hunter Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain ( Greene County ) Twin Mountain West Kill Mountain Others Ashokan High Point Balsam Cap Balsam Lake Mountain Balsam Mountain Bearpen Mountain Big Indian Mountain Doubletop Mountain Eagle Mountain Evergreen Mountain Fir Mountain Friday Mountain Graham Mountain Halcott Mountain Kaaterskill High Peak Lone Mountain Mount Jefferson Mount Sherrill Mount Tremper North Dome North Mountain Old Clump Mountain Overlook Mountain Panther Mountain Peekamoose Mountain Plattekill Mountain Rocky Mountain Rusk Mountain Table Mountain Vly Mountain Windham High Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony 's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow 's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Popolopen South Mountain Storm King Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain ( Dutchess County ) Sugarloaf Hill Tallman Mountain Taconic Mountains Alander Mountain Berlin Mountain Brace Mountain Misery Mountain Mount Raimer Rounds Mountain White Rock Others Algerine Hill Angel Hill Badeau Hill Baker Hill Bellvale Mountain Bitch Mountain Briar Hill ( Burlington ) Briar Hill ( East Springfield ) Bunn Hill Burke Hill Burying Ground Hill Calder Hill Cape Wykoff Clove Mountain Cornish Hill Crumhorn Mountain Darling Hill Dog Hill Dutch Hill East Hill Eggleston Hill Elliot Hill Filer Hill Fitch Hill Fox Hill ( Hamilton County ) Fox Hill ( Oneida County ) Franklin Mountain Gifford Hill Gill Hill Gross Hill Harris Hill Hawk Hill Hemlock Hill Honey Hill Hooker Mountain Hutchinson Hill Joppenbergh Mountain Kilkenny Hill King Hill Klock Hill Lane Hill Marlboro Mountains Metcalf Hill Morrow Mountain Mount Defiance Mount Markham Mount Moses Mount Peter Mount Rafinesque Mount Tom Mount Wellington Mount Zion Murphy Hill Noahs Rump Otsego County High Point Panther Mountain Pigeon Hill Pine Cobble Pine Hill Pine Mountain Pray Hill Ramapo Mountains Red House Hill Red Ridge Hill Rice Hill Richfield Hill Round Top ( Burlington ) Round Top ( East Winfield ) Rum Hill Saint Regis Mountain Schunemunk Mountain Shacktown Mountain Shankley Mountain Shawangunk Ridge Sisson Hill South Hill Stone Quarry Hill Strain Mountain Todt Hill Tunnicliff Hill Wallface Mountain Weaver Hill Welch Hill Whalen Hill Windham Mountain Winnie Hill Wooley Hill GND : 4369647 - 8 VIAF : 243840107 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catskill_Mountains&oldid=842051867 '' Categories : Catskills Mountain ranges of New York ( state ) Subranges of the Appalachian Mountains Allegheny Plateau Regions of New York ( state ) Upstate New York Landforms of Greene County, New York Landforms of Schoharie County, New York Landforms of Sullivan County, New York Landforms of Ulster County, New York Landforms of Delaware County, New York Physiographic regions of the United States Tourist attractions in New York ( state ) Hidden 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Question: where is the catskill mountains on the map
Answer: 41°59′55″N 74°23′11″W﻿ / ﻿41.99861°N 74.38639°W﻿ / 41.99861; -74.38639Coordinates: 41°59′55″N 74°23′11″W﻿ / ﻿41.99861°N 74.38639°W﻿ / 41.99861; -74.38639