New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
Good Roads Lead
Into PICTURESQUE
Catskill Region
Can Be Reached by Either
Shore of the Hudson by
Motorists Leaving N. Y.
City; Routes Outlined

The Catskill region is one Of the
most picturesque and healthful noun
tain sections in the Eastern states,
and now that the touring season is
fully open the Automobile Club Of
America, bureau Of tours, provides the
routes for a two or three days trip
here. A spur Of the great Appalachian
system, which extends along the At
lantic Coast from Maine to Alabama,
the Catskills cover an area of some
2,400 square miles, with a general
trend from southeast to northwest.
The roads are in splendid shape
All the trunk line highways that lead
to the Catskills are hard surfaced. and
those that radiate through the noun
tains are In most cases hard surfaced
and in good condition.
To reach the Catskill section from
New York City both sides of the river
can be used. From New York, on the
East Side, go north along the Albany
Post Road through Yonkers, larry
town, Ossining, Peekskill and POUCH.
keepsie to Rhnebeck; then to Rhine,
cliff, where the ferry is crossed tc
Kingston. Or the motorist can con.
tinue on to Greendale or Hudson
where the Greendale ferry crosses te
Catskill and the Hudson ferry crosses
to Athens, both of which are in the
foothills of the Catskills,
From New York on the West side Of
the river, cross by ferry and run tx
Hackensack, then north through SUI
fern, Tuxedo. and Cornwall to New
burgh and continue north to Kingston
either via the river road through High
lands or New Paltz. From Kingston
the most direct way to get into The
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route around the Ashokan Reservoir
nicia, thence into the heart of the Cat
skills through the Stony Glove; in fact
the Stony Glove is the only safe way t.
get into the center of the Catskill!
from the south and east, as the Platte
kill Glove and the Kaaterskill Glove arr
both steep and dangerous.
Motorists going in from the village
Of Catskill can run west through Cair'
to Windham, then south through Hen
sonville to Hunter, Tannersyille ant
Haines Falls. The main line through
the center of the mountain runs ives
from Tannersville through Hunter
| Lexington, Prattsville and Grand Gorg,
to Stamford. Motorists coming down
from Albany will find it preferable t,
continue on through Catskill to Sau
gertleS, VneH west tnPougn w oOOSGOci
and Blairsville to Mount Pleasant, con
Meeting with the trunk line northwes
of the Ashokan Reservoir.
To reach the Catskills from tn
Delaware Water Gap and Pennsylvania
points, UP north through Delaware Val
ley to Port Jervis, then up througI
Navesink Valley to Kingston. From
Binghamton. 60 through Harpersvill
and Unadilla to Oneonta, then cas-
through Stamford, Grand Gorge
Prattsville, and Lexington, through
Jewett Center to Hunter; or fror
Prattsville the left fork can be take
and hard surfaced road followe
through East Windham and Cairo t
Catskill.
Motorists going from Mohawk Val
ley and the Finger Lake region to tn
Catskills can run through Richfiel
Springs and Cooperstown to Oneonts
then east through Stamford and Gran
Gorge. There are no precipitou
places on any of the above roads mer
tened and the streams, lakes, hig
mountains, and craggy peaks make on
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