page_title: Southwest Hunter Mountain
hierarchical_section_title: Southwest Hunter Mountain
caption_attribution_description: English: Catskill 3500 Club summit register on trailless Southwest Hunter Mountain
context_page_description: Southwest Hunter Mountain is a subpeak of Hunter Mountain, located in Greene County, New York.
  SW Hunter is considered one of the Catskills' High Peaks in its own right, because of its separation from the main summit, and its topographic prominence.
  Hunter Mountain is named after John Hunter, who also gave his name to the town of Hunter.
  Southwest Hunter is part of the Devil's Path range of the Catskill Mountains.
  SW Hunter is flanked to the northeast by the main summit of Hunter Mtn., and to the west faces West Kill Mountain across 800-ft-deep Diamond Notch. It is considered a bushwack, as there are no registered trails leading to its summit. There is, however, a herd path 0.1 miles west of Devil's Acre Lean-to marked by a small rock cairn that leads to the summit canister, following the ridge for 3/4 mile and then turning uphill to the peak.
  Southwest Hunter stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay.
  The north side of SW Hunter drains into the headwaters of the West Kill, thence into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, and the Hudson River.
context_section_description: Southwest Hunter Mountain (Leavitt Peak) is a subpeak of Hunter Mountain, located in Greene County, New York. 
  SW Hunter is considered one of the Catskills' High Peaks in its own right, because of its separation from the main summit, and its topographic prominence. 
  Hunter Mountain is named after John Hunter, who also gave his name to the town of Hunter.
  Southwest Hunter is part of the Devil's Path range of the Catskill Mountains.
  SW Hunter is flanked to the northeast by the main summit of Hunter Mtn., and to the west faces West Kill Mountain across 800-ft-deep Diamond Notch. It is considered a bushwack, as there are no registered trails leading to its summit. There is, however, a herd path 0.1 miles (160 m) west of Devil's Acre Lean-to marked by a small rock cairn that leads to the summit canister, following the ridge for 3/4 mile and then turning uphill to the peak (This upward turn is easy to miss and is only marked by an arrow scratched onto a nearby rock).
  Southwest Hunter stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. 
  The north side of SW Hunter drains into the headwaters of the West Kill, thence into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, and the Hudson River. 
  The southeast slopes of SW Hunter drain into Myrtle Brook, thence into Stony Clove Creek, Esopus Creek, and the Hudson River. 
  The southwest side of SW Hunter drains into Hollow Brook, thence into Stony Clove Creek.
  Hunter Mountain is contained within the Hunter Mountain Wild Forest of New York's Catskill State Park.
  This Mountain is unnamed in the GNIS database, there is an effort underway to get the peak named Leavitt Peak in honor Bill & Elinore Leavitt, two of the founders of the Catskill 3500 club.
caption: Summit canister
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