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A
Acadian Mountains, 16
Acra Point, 8–9, 29, 32–35, 33, 34, 35
Adirondack Mountains, 13
Adirondacks High Peaks region, 149
Albany, 26
Alder Lake, 185, 186, 187, 188
Loop, 10–11, 186–188, 187, 188
Amato, Frank P., 92
Andes, 225, 227
Andes Rail Trail and Bullet Hole Spur, 10–11, 225–229, 226, 227, 228, 229
Andes Works!, 225
Appalachian Mountains, 16
Arizona Mountain, 51, 54
Artist’s Rock, 52, 56, 68, 73
and Newman’s Ledge, 8–9, 60–63, 61, 62, 63
Ashokan High Point, 10–11, 147, 158–161, 159, 160, 161, 168
Ashokan Promenade, 10–11, 165–168, 166, 167, 168
Ashokan Reservoir, 23, 95, 98, 111, 147, 148, 158, 165, 168, 177
B
Backpacks, 19
Badman Cave, 59
Baldwin Memorial Lean-To, 136
Balsam Cap Mountain, 151
Balsam Lake, 184
Balsam Lake Mountain, 10–11, 92, 133, 169, 178, 181, 181, 185, 193, 200, 201–205, 202, 203, 204, 205
and Fire Tower, 10–11, 182–185, 183, 184, 185
Lean-To, 185
Wild Forest, 189, 193
Bastion Falls, 70
Batavia Kill (creek), 30, 34, 35, 42, 43, 46, 47
Lean-To, 35
Shelter, 46
Trail, 35, 42, 47
Bearpen Mountain, 185
and Vly Mountain, 10–11, 210–213, 211, 212, 213
Bear safety, 20–21
Bearsville, 134
Beaverkill campground, 220
Beaverkill Valley, 223
Beaver Pond, 1921
Becker Hollow, 126
Belleayre Mountain Ridge, 10–11, 185, 197–200, 198, 199, 200, 201
Trail, 200
Berkshire Mountains, 88, 98
Big Indian, 197, 210
Big Indian Mountain, 103, 185, 197
Black bears, 20–21
Black Dome Mountain, 8–9, 31, 31, 35, 36, 40–43, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 52, 55
Black Dome Trail, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47
Black Dome Valley, 28
Blackhead Mountain, 8–9, 35, 40, 43, 44–47, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 201
Range, 27–28, 29, 31, 31, 34, 34, 37, 40, 77, 78, 115, 118, 119, 126
Trail, 47
Bluestone Throne Room, 107
Boulder Rock, 66
Bread Alone, 23
Buck Ridge Lookout, 129, 130, 131, 132
Bullet Hole Spur. See Andes Rail Trail and Bullet Hole Spur
Burnt Knob, 8–9, 29–31, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 47
Burroughs, John, 144, 153, 154, 209
Burroughs, John, Forest, 208
Burroughs Memorial/Rochester Hollow, 10–11, 206–209, 207, 208, 209
Burroughs Memorial Trail, 208, 209
Burroughs Range Trail, 146
C
Cabot Mountain, 217, 218, 218, 219. See also Touch-Me-Not Mountain/Little Pond/Cabot Mountain
Camel’s Hump, 31, 36, 37, 39, 39
Campbell Mountain Trail, 224
Cathcart, Matthew, 15
Catskill 3500 Challenge, 15, 120
Catskill 3500 Club, 201
Catskill Aqueduct, 165
Catskill Center, 86
Catskill Mountain Club, 225
Catskill Mountain House, 59
Catskill Mountain Pizza, 23
Catskill Park, 13, 16, 29, 71, 88, 100, 101, 165, 210, 216, 225
Catskill plateau, 16
Catskills
autumn in, 62
history of the, 15–16
notable towns of the, 22–23
Caudal and Camel’s Hump, 36, 37. See also Camel’s Hump
Cell phones, 17
Clothing, 20
Codfish Point, 82, 91, 99
from Platte Clove, 8–9, 88–91, 89, 90
Cole, Thomas, 74
Cole, Thomas, Mountain, 8–9, 31, 36–39, 37, 38, 39, 40, 44, 52, 55
Colgate Lake, 48, 54
to Dutcher Notch, 8–9, 48–51, 49, 50, 51
Colonel Rochester Trail, 206, 208, 209
Colonel’s Chair Trail, 126
Copper Lake, 103
Cornell Creek, 148
Cornell Mountain, 14, 144, 148, 152, 176. See also Wittenberg and Cornell Mountains; Wittenberg Mountain
Cornell-Wittenberg-Slide Trail, 151, 153
Cortina Mountain Ski Area, 42, 77
Coykendall, Samuel D., 186
Coykendall Lodge, 186, 187
Cradle Rock Ridge, 187
Curtis, William Buckingham, 151
Curtis-Ormsbee Trail, 151, 152–153, 153
D
Daley Ridge, 113
Danny’s Lookout, 119
Deer Run, 200
Delaware Wild Forest, 216, 220, 221, 224
Devil’s Acre Lean-To, 127
Devil’s Acre Shelter, 123
Devil’s Kitchen, 96
Devil’s Kitchen Lean-To, 91, 99
Devil’s Path, 40, 76, 79, 90, 91, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 110–111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121–122, 123, 126, 128, 129, 130, 135, 152, 205, 205
Devil’s Tombstone, 96, 112. See also Plateau Mountain
campground at, 116, 126
Diamond Notch, 127, 130
Diamond Notch Falls, 121, 122, 123, 123, 128, 130
Diamond Notch Hollow, 122, 130
Diamond Notch Trail, 121, 128, 129, 130
Dibble’s Quarry, 8–9, 88, 103, 104–107, 105, 106, 107
Doubletop Mountain, 181
Dry Brook Ridge, 182, 193
Trail, 178, 180, 184, 185, 195, 196
Wild Forest, 180, 182, 184, 193, 195
Dry Brook Valley, 185
Dutcher Notch, 48, 51, 54
E
East Branch Delaware River, 193
East Jewett Range, 77
East Rusk Mountain, 125
Echo Lake, 88
Edgewood Mountain, 113
Eignor Farms Trail, 209
Elm Ridge Lean-To, 27
Empire State Railway Museum, 23
Escarpment Trail, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34–35, 47, 51, 54, 58, 62, 64
Esopus Creek, 23, 134, 137, 144, 165
F
Finger Lakes (region), 13
Finger Lakes Trail, 217, 219, 220, 221
First aid kit, 20
Flashlight, 20
Food, 19
Gallis Hill, 95
Geiger Point, 122, 123, 127
Giant Ledge Mountain, 13, 14, 148, 152, 174
and Panther Mountain, 10–11, 174–177, 175, 176, 177
Gillepsie Road. See Kaaterskill High Peak
Graham Mountain, 10–11, 178–181, 179, 180, 181, 184
Grand View Ledge, 141
Grants Mills covered bridge, 189
Green Mountains, 88
Guyot, Arnold Henry, 149
H
Haines Falls, 56, 60, 64, 67
Haynes Mountain, 205
Headlamps, 20
Hiking
bringing items on, 18–20
etiquette and, 18
food and, 19
preparing for, 17–18
safety and, 17
water while, 19
in the winter, 18
Hiking boots, 19
Huckleberry Point, 8–9, 82–84, 83, 84
Hudson Highlands, 136
Hudson River, 79, 88, 95, 133, 154
Hudson Valley, 28, 32, 52, 55, 58, 60, 66, 82, 88
Hunter Brook, 125
Hunter Mountain, 8–9, 92, 115, 118, 120, 122, 124–128, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 136, 169, 185
Fire Tower, 127
Trail, 126
Hunter village, 77
Hurricane Ledge, 76, 79
I
Indian Head Mountain, 79, 91, 95, 98, 98, 99, 102, 136
Loop, 8–9, 96–99, 97, 98, 99
Inspiration Point, 52, 56, 62, 67, 68, 73
and Layman’s Monument, 8–9, 64–67, 65, 66, 67
J
Jimmy Dolan Notch Trail, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103
John Robb Lean-To, 125
K
Kaaterskill Clove, 64, 66, 67, 67, 72, 73, 79
Kaaterskill Creek, 71, 72
Kaaterskill Falls, 8–9, 67, 68–70, 69, 85, 165
Kaaterskill High Peak, 40, 63, 74, 77, 78, 79, 97, 106, 110, 115, 119, 149
from Gillespie Road, 8–9, 74–79, 75, 76–77, 78, 79
Kaaterskill Hotel, 66
Kaaterskill Wild Forest, 73
Kanape Brook, 158
Kelly Hollow, 191
Loop, 10–11, 189–192, 190, 191, 192
Kingston, 95
L
Lanesville, 130
Last Chance Antiques & Cheese Café, 22
Layman’s Monument, 56, 67, 68. See also Inspiration Point
Leavitt Peak. See Southwest Hunter Mountain (Leavitt Peak)
Lenni-Lappe people, 16
Little Pond, 217, 218. See also Touch-Me-Not Mountain/Little Pond/Cabot Mountain
campground at, 219, 220
Trail, 217, 218
Little Rocky Mountain, 114
Little Spring Brook Trail, 224
Livingston Manor, 216
Lockwood Gap, 43
Lone Mountain, 151, 154
Long Path, 34, 66, 72, 73, 84, 90–91
Long Trail, 83
Lost Clove Trail, 198
Lyme disease, 21–22
M
Maplecrest, 29, 32, 40
Margaretville, 193, 195
Mary’s Glen Trail, 58, 59
Mill Brook, 189
Millbrook Ridge Trail, 185, 187
Miller Hollow campground, 220
Milt’s Lookout, 55
Mine Hollow Trail, 203, 204, 205
Mink Hollow Trail, 106, 110, 111, 115
Mohawk Valley, 26
Mud Pond, 233
Trail, 233, 234
Munsee people, 16
National Register of Historic Places, 133, 169
Neversink River, 150, 155
Newgold, Morris, 92
Newman’s Ledge, 56, 68. See also Artist’s Rock
New Paltz, 98
North Dome, 205
North Lake, 59
North Mountain, 51, 59
North Point, 8–9, 56–59, 57, 58, 59
North-South Lake, 59, 60, 64, 66, 149
campground at, 56, 57, 60–61, 64
Notch Lake, 119
O
Olderhark Mountain, 114
Olivebridge, 168
Olive City, 168
Oliverea-Mappledale Trail, 202, 203, 205
Olive’s Country Store and Café, 23
Orchard Point, 118, 119
Ormsbee, Allan, 151
Overlook Mountain, 8–9, 23, 79, 92–95, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 103, 133, 169, 185, 198
Fire Tower at, 94, 95, 95
Trail, 99
Overlook Mountain House, 88, 91, 92, 94, 94
Ox Hollow, 125
P
Pakatakan Mountain, 10–11, 193–196, 194, 195, 196
Palenville, 22, 56, 69
Panther Mountain, 13, 14, 141, 148, 152, 177, 201, 205. See also Giant Ledge Mountain
Parish Field, 137, 139
Pecoy Notch, 107, 110
Trail, 106, 107, 110
Peekamoose Mountain, 155, 156, 157, 157. See also Table Mountain
Pelnor Hollow Trail, 222, 223, 224
Pepacton Reservoir, 185
Phoenicia, 23, 114, 134, 137
Phoenicia Diner, 23
Phoenicia-East Branch Trail, 146, 147, 150, 153, 155
Phoenicia Overlook, 139, 141
Pine Hill, 201
Pine Hill-West Branch Trail, 198, 200, 204, 205
Plateau Mountain, 103, 111, 114, 114, 119, 136
from Devil’s Tombstone, 8–9, 116–119, 117, 118
from Warner Creek, 8–9, 112–115, 113, 114, 115
Platte Clove, 79, 82, 85, 86, 91
Platte Clove Preserve, 86, 90
Platte Clove Valley, 107, 114
Plattekill, 136
Plattekill Clove, 84
Plattekill Falls, 87
Poet’s Ledge, 8–9, 52, 71–73, 72, 73
Presidential Range, 151
R
Red Hill, 92, 133, 169, 171, 185
Fire Tower, 10–11, 169–172, 170, 171, 172
Rider Hollow Shelter, 205
Roaring Kill Trail, 106, 110, 111
Rochester Estate, 206, 208
Rochester Hollow. See also Burroughs Memorial/Rochester Hollow
Shelter, 208, 209
Rocky Mountain, 151, 154
Romer Mountain, 141
Rondout Valley, 160
Roscoe campground, 220
Roundout Creek, 154
Roundout Reservoir, 154, 169
Roundout Valley, 162
Round Top Mountain, 63, 76, 77, 97, 106–107, 110, 119
Russell Brook, 232
Russell Brook Falls, 232, 232–233
Rustic Bluestone Quarry, 91
S
Safety, 17
bear, 20–21
Schoharie Valley, 26
Shandaken, 129
Shandaken Wild Forest, 206
Shawangunk Ridge, 88, 98, 136
Sherrill Mountain, 205
Shokan, 23
Silver Hollow Notch, 113
Slide Mountain, 8–9, 13–14, 74, 124, 136, 148, 149–153, 150, 151, 152, 152, 153, 155, 176, 201
Slide Mountain Wilderness, 144
Smith, Mary, Trail, 221, 224
Southwest Hunter Mountain (Leavitt Peak), 8–9, 115, 118–119, 120–123, 121, 122, 123
Split Rock Lookout, 10–11, 220–224, 221, 222, 223, 224
Spruceton Inn, 120, 124
Spruceton Trail, 124
Spruceton Valley, 125, 126, 132
Stony Clove, 118
Stony Clove Creek, 112, 114
Stony Clove Notch, 126
Stoppel Point, 51, 54, 55, 56
from Stork’s Nest Road, 8–9, 52–55, 53
Stork’s Nest Road. See Stoppel Point
Sugarloaf Mountain, 102, 103, 104, 107, 114, 119
Loop, 8–9, 108–111, 109, 110, 111, 112
Sugarloaves, 108
Sundown Park, 164
Sunset Lodge, 200
Sunset Rock, 63, 64, 67
Syracuse, 13
T
Table Mountain, 151, 155, 156, 156, 157
and Peekamoose Mountain, 10–11, 154–157, 155, 156, 157
Taconics, 98
Tanbark Loop, 8–9, 137–141, 138, 139, 140, 141
Tanbark Trail, 137
Tannersville, 22, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 74–75, 100, 109, 116
Temper Mountain, 185
Terrace Mountain, 146
Touch-Me-Not Mountain, 217. See also Touch-Me-Not Mountain/Little Pond/Cabot Mountain
Touch-Me-Not Mountain/Little Pond/Cabot Mountain, 10–11, 216–219, 217, 218, 219
Touch-Me-Not Trail, 217
Trail etiquette, 18
Tramper Kill, 228, 229
Tremper House, 133
Tremper Mountain, 8–9, 92, 133–136, 134, 135, 169
Trout Pond Loop, 10–11, 230–234, 231, 232, 233, 234
Twin Mountain, 8–9, 79, 100–103, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 110, 111, 136
Twin Peaks (cafe), 22
U
Ulster and Delaware Railroad, 23
Upper Platte Clove Waterfall, 8–9, 82, 85–87, 86, 87, 88, 91, 165
V
Vernooy, Cornelius, 162
Vernooy Kill Falls, 10–11, 162–164, 163, 164
Vly Mountain. See Bearpen Mountain
W
Warner Creek, 114. See also Plateau Mountain
Trail, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119
Water, 19
Weather, 17–18
West Kill Mountain, 8–9, 95, 121, 122, 128, 129–132, 130, 131, 132, 132
West Stoppel Mountain, 50
Wilde, Oscar, 133
Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ, 23
Windham Blackhead Wilderness, 36
Windham High Peak, 8–9, 26–28, 27, 28, 31, 34, 39
Winter, hiking in the, 18
Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail, 150
Wittenberg Mountain, 136, 144, 146, 148, 152, 176. See also Cornell Mountain
and Cornell Mountain, 8–9, 144–148, 145, 146, 147, 148
Woodland Creek, 146
Woodland Valley, 152, 176, 177
Campground, 144
Woodstock, 23, 92, 93
Woodstock Ventures, 23