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Catskill Mountains
Slide Mountain and the peaks around it as seen from Twin Mountain in the northern Catskills.
Country	USA
State	New York
Region	Hudson Valley
Counties	Ulster, Greene, Sullivan, Delaware
Communities	Hunter, Tannersville, Monticello, Liberty
Part of	Appalachian, Allegheny Plateau
Borders on	Poconos, Shawangunk Ridge
Geology	Sedimentary
Period	Devonian, Mississippian
Area	15,259 km² (5,892 mi²)
Length	111 mi (179 km), N/S
Width	102 mi (164 km), E/W
Highest point	Slide Mountain
- coordinates	41°59′55″N 74°23′11″W / 41.99861, -74.38639
- elevation	4,180 ft (1,274 m)
Map of the main regions of the northeast Appalachians, with the Catskills as "C".

The Catskill Mountains (also known as simply the Catskills), a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany are a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau. They are sometimes considered an extension of the Appalachian Mountains into Upstate New York, although they are not geologically related. The Catskills are west of the Hudson River and lie within the bounds of six counties (Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan, Schoharie, Greene, and Ulster). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 3916 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-08-12 I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskills. ... This article is about the state. ... For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine). ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the states beautiful Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Hunter is a village located in Greene County, New York. ... Tannersville is a village located in Greene County, New York. ... Monticello is a village located in the Town of Thompson in Sullivan County, New York. ... Liberty is a village located in Sullivan County, New York. ... The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... Map of the Allegheny plateau. ... The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... Shawangunk Ridge from south of New Paltz, N.Y. The Shawangunk Ridge (also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, or The Gunks) is a ridge of mountains in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the... Two types of sedimentary rock: limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... For the Celtic language, see Southwestern Brythonic language; for the residents of the English county, see Devon. ... “Mississippian” redirects here. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskills. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NortheastAppalachiansMap. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... This article is about the state. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Albany. ... Shaded relief map of Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the Virginia/West Virginia border A dissected plateau is an area that has been uplifted, then severely eroded so that the relief is sharp. ... Map of the Allegheny plateau. ... The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... The areas highlighted in YELLOW and GREEN are those which are considered to be a bona fide part of Upstate New York from the perspective of New York City. ... The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its southern terminus, demarcates the border between the states of New York and... Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Schoharie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the states beautiful Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. ...

Geography

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, with it being certain only that by the time one reaches either I-88, the Delaware River or the Shawangunk Ridge that one is no longer in the Catskills. For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine). ... Map of the Allegheny plateau. ... Interstate 88 (abbreviated I-88) is an interstate highway entirely within the U.S. state of New York. ... For the Delaware River in Kansas, see Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ... Shawangunk Ridge from south of New Paltz, N.Y. The Shawangunk Ridge (also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, or The Gunks) is a ridge of mountains in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the...

Whether you are in the Catskills or not in these peripheral regions seems to be as much a matter of personal preference as anything else as an old saying in the region — "When you have two rocks for every dirt, you are in the Catskills" — seems to suggest.

Many visitors, including owners of weekend or vacation homes in the region, seem to consider almost anything sufficiently rural west of the Hudson yet within a short drive of New York City to be in the Catskills.

The Poconos, to the immediate southwest in Pennsylvania, are technically a continuation of the Catskills under a different name. The Catskills contain more than thirty peaks above 3,500 feet and parts of six important rivers. The highest mountain, Slide Mountain in Ulster County, has an elevation of 4,180 feet (1,274 m). Pennsylvanias Pocono region counties The Pocono Mountains region is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Largest metro area Delaware Valley Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The Catskill High Peaks are all those mountains in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the USA above 3,500 ft (1067 m) in elevation whose summits are separated either by one-half mile (805 m) or a vertical drop of at least 200 ft (61 m) between it... Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskills. ...

Within the range is the Catskill Park, 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; however Greene County accounts for a significant portion as well and there are areas in Sullivan and Delaware counties too. The Catskill State Park, also called Catskill Park, is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States. ... Sign at bounds of New York State Forest Preserve land. ...

History

"Paradise" Resort in Catskill Mountains

This is a traditional vacation land with many summer resorts and camp grounds. During the first part of the 20th century, many ethnic groups (Germans, Czechs, Jews, etc) established summer resorts in the nearby Shawangunk Mountains, located south of the Catskills near the town of New Paltz. However, since the Shawangunk name was both hard to spell and to say, those resorts cleverly adopted the Catskills as their home, thereby capitalizing on the strong reputation the area already enjoyed. The resorts together became known as The "Borscht Belt," a collection of Jewish resorts (Brown's, Grossinger's, etc) in this region, where many comics and musicians got a start in show business (hence another misnomer for the Catskills, the "Jewish Alps"). Meanwhile, the actual Catskills continued to enjoy success with its large-scale resorts, country-style inns and lodges, and smaller operations. For most of the 20th century, the Catskills were also the summer home to thousands of kids attending the area's numerous sleepaway camps, including Camp Ma-Ho-Ge, Anawana, Chipinaw, Ranger, Brookwood, Ta-Go-La, Kennybrook, Roosevelt, Lakonda, Olympus, Camp Diana-Dalmaqua, and many more. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixels, file size: 197 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixels, file size: 197 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. ... Grossingers Catskill Resort Hotel is a resort in the Catskills. ... Camp Ma-Ho-Ge, located in Bethel, New York in Sullivan County and about one mile from the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, was the summer home for hundreds of kids from the 1920s through 1977, when the camp was sold. ... Camp Diana-Dalmaqua was a summer sleepaway camp in Glen Spey, NY in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. ...

This ethnic tradition has mostly disappeared, but the Borscht Belt reputation, though misdirected, is still considered part of the Catskills' heritage. Recently, a few small scale resorts have begun to return to the area, catering to outdoor adventurers and winter snow sport enthusiasts.

Kaaterskill Falls on Spruce Creek near Palenville, New York. Highest falls in New York. Two separate falls total 260 feet

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (910x1152, 392 KB)Kaaterskill Falls on Spruce Creek near Palenville, New York. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (910x1152, 392 KB)Kaaterskill Falls on Spruce Creek near Palenville, New York. ... Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene Countys Town of Hunter. ...

Geology

The history of the Catskill Mountains is a geologic story come full circle, from erosion, deposition and uplift back to erosion. 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 eastern escarpment of the Catskills 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 Taconics are located today (though significantly larger). The further west you travel, the finer the sediment that was deposited and the thus the rocks change from gravel conglomerates to sandstones and shales. Even further west, these fresh water deposits intermingle with shallow marine sandstones and shales until the end in deeper water limestones. The Taconic Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State, United States. ...

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 and further west. A meteor impact occurred in the shallow sea approximately 375mil years ago 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. For the Celtic language, see Southwestern Brythonic language; for the residents of the English county, see Devon. ... “Mississippian” redirects here. ... Panther Mountain is one of the Catskill High Peaks, located in the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York. ...

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, allowing the Devonian and Mississippian rocks to be exposed. Today’s Catskills are a result of the continued erosion of these rocks, both by streams and in the recent past by glaciers.

Some traces of the most recent sedimentary layers remain for the discerning eye to discover, however. Even along the glacially-scoured the eastern escarpment and in the upper Hudson Valley just below it -- not to mention the glacial till-dumps and occasional terminal moraines of the southern-facing mountain slopes and valleys of the eastern and central Catskils -- fragments of quartzite ranging from bright white, banded orange and tan, to deep red and dark gray are found. Many if not most of these are no more than 6" thick, have two flat sides and are without inclusions of other native rock, e.g., gray or blue sandstone ("bluestone"), most likely indicating the presence of a shallow, wave-beaten sandy delta or beach area at the base of the Acadian ranges in the delta's final stages of sedimentation. That sand layer, mostly free of silt (hence less opaque than older layers formed with higher concentrations of silt and mud under deeper water at more remote reaches of the delta) formed one or more upper layers of the delta. With compression and time, thin layers of sandstone formed of which only the here-mentioned fragments of sandstone remain now though in comparative abundance, if one measures their frequency against those of glacial erratics of similar size and shape which are typically metamorphic in origin (e.g., feldspars, granites, basalts), which most likely originated in the geologically complex region of the Adirondacks to the north. Such sandstones and erratics are frequently found collocated in cairns and other anomalous rock arrangements of the Eastern Catskills.

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 continue, with the region’s rivers and streams deepening and widening the mountains’ valleys and cloves. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (806x1075, 345 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-08-12 (). I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (806x1075, 345 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-08-12 (). I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Looking east through Platte Clove toward the Hudson River and the Taconic Mountains in Connecticut and Massachusetts beyond. ...

Name

The name "Catskills" did not come into wide popular use for the mountains until the mid-19th century — in fact, that name was disparaged by purists as too plebeian, too reminiscent of the area's Dutch colonial past, especially since it was used by the local farming population. It may also have been a continuation of the British practice, after taking possession of the colony in the late 17th century, of trying to replace most Dutch Knickerbocker toponyms in present-day New York with their English alternatives. The locals preferred to call them the Blue Mountains, to harmonize with Vermont's Green Mountains and New Hampshire's White Mountains. It was only after Washington Irving's stories that Catskills won out over Blue Mountains, and several other competitors. In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ... Look up knickerbockers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Green Mountains may refer to: The Green Mountains in Vermont in the United States extending into southern Quebec in Canada. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 4. ... Looking south on the Franconia Ridge Trail. ... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ...

While the meaning of the name ("cat creek" in Dutch) and the namer (early Dutch explorers) are settled matters, exactly how and why the area is named is a mystery. Mountain Lions or "Catamounts" were known to have been in the area when the Dutch arrived in the 1600s^[1].

The most common, and easiest, is that bobcats were seen near Catskill creek and the present-day village of Catskill, and the name followed from there. However there is no record of bobcats ever having been seen in significant numbers on the banks of the Hudson, and the name Catskill does not appear on paper until 1655, more than four decades later. For other uses, see Bobcat (disambiguation). ... Catskill is a village located in Greene County, New York. ... Events March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ...

Other theories include:

• A corruption of kasteel, the Dutch sailors' term for the Indian stockades they saw on the riverbank. According to one Belgian authority, kat occurs in many place names throughout Flanders and has nothing to do with cats and everything to do with fortifications.^{[citation needed]}

• It was to honor Dutch poet Jacob Cats, who was also known for his real estate prowess, profiting from speculation in lands reclaimed from the sea.

• A ship named The Cat had gone up the Hudson shortly before the name was first used. In nautical slang of the era, cat could also mean a piece of equipment, or a particular type of small vessel.

• It has also been suggested that it refers to lacrosse, which Dutch visitors had seen the Iroquois natives play. Kat can also refer to a tennis racket, which a lacrosse stick resembles, and the first place the Dutch saw this, further down the river in the present-day Town of Saugerties, they gave the name Kaatsbaan, for "tennis court," which is still on maps today.

The confusion over the exact 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 town, creek, clove, mountain and waterfall. For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... Portrait of Cats by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt Jacob Cats (November 10, 1577, Brouwershaven (Zeeland) - September 12, 1660, the Hague) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. ... Speculation involves the buying, holding, and selling of stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, collectibles, real estate, derivatives or any valuable financial instrument to profit from fluctuations in its price as opposed to buying it for use or for income via methods such as dividends or interest. ... The occupied boats are catboats, but with a mast and boom rig A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat), or a cat-rigged sailboat, is a sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward (, near the front of the boat). ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Squash racquet and ball Racquetball racquet and ball A racquet (or racket) is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched. ... Saugerties is a town in Ulster County, New York, USA. The population was 19,868 at the 2000 census. ... Kaatskill Life Kaatskill Life is a quarterly regional magazine covering the Catskills of New York. ... Kaaterskill High Peak (officially just High Peak) is one of the Catskill Mountains, located in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York, USA. It was once believed to be the highest peak in the entire range, but its summit, at 3,655 feet (1,114 m) in elevation... Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene Countys Town of Hunter. ...

The supposed Indian name for the range, Onteora or "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 Boy Scout summer camp.

The Catskill Mountains in culture

The Catskills are famous in American cultural history for being the site of the so-called Borscht Belt, a Jewish resort area where many young Jewish stand-up comics got their start. Many Borscht Belt performers, such as Mickey Katz, referred to them as the Katzkills. Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools. ... B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 - April 30, 1985) was a U.S. Jewish comedian who received his first moments as fame in the 1940s as a member of Spike Jones and His City Slickers where he was most famous for his glugging vocal sound effects on tunes like Cocktails for...

The Catskill mountains and their inhabitants play an important role in the stories My Side of the Mountain and its sequels by Jean Craighead George and in H.P. Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear" & "Beyond the Wall of Sleep". My Side of the Mountain (ISBN 0140348107) is a 1959 book by Jean Craighead George about wilderness survival. ... Jean Craighead George (b. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ...

The Catskills figure in Washington Irving's story Rip van Winkle. For the operetta of the same name, see Rip Van Winkle (operetta). ...

The Catskills are mentioned in The Band's song "Time to Kill." The Band was also photographed there for their first album, Music from Big Pink The Band in the Catskills. For other uses, see Band. ...

The Catskills are also mentioned in Beck's song High Five (Rock the Catskills) on his 1996 album Odelay. This article is about the musician. ... Odelay is the critically acclaimed 1996 forth album by alternative rock artist Beck. ...

The Catskills are mentioned as well in Pela's song Rooftops (Moth Song Outro) on their 2007 album Anytown Graffiti.

Much of the present-day (as of publication) action of Art Spiegelman's award-winning graphic novel Maus is set in the Catskills. Art Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948) is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic memoir, Maus. ... For other uses, see Maus (disambiguation). ...

Films set, or filmed in, the Catskills

Wendigo (2001) Filmed in West Shokan and Phoenicia area. Synopsis A chill hangs in the air this winter evening in Upstate New York. ...

Four Seasons Documentary (2006 - in production) Follows the lives of holocaust survivors in a Borsht Belt colony

The hit 1987 film Dirty Dancing was set in a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963 (though filmed at Mountain Lake in Virginia and at Lake Lure in North Carolina.) // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film credited as being one of the most watched films of all time, particularly among women. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mountain Lake is located in Giles County near Pembroke, Virginia in the United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Lake Lure is a town located in Rutherford County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ...

WaterFall In The Catskills (1897, the Edison Studio)

Rip Van Winkle (1921) Silent film version of the classic story For the operetta of the same name, see Rip Van Winkle (operetta). ...

Sweet Lorraine (1987) story of an aging Catskill resort in its last days. Stars Maureen Stapleton. // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Maureen Stapleton. ...

Manny & Lo (1996) Manny & Lo is a 1996 film starring Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, and Mary Kay Place. ... The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. ...

A Walk on the Moon (1999) Set in Sullivan County, but filmed in Quebec. The 1999 drama A Walk On The Moon stars Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Anna Paquin and Liev Schreiber. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ...

You Can Count on Me (2000) Award-winning independent film set in rural New England, but filmed in and around Margaretville and Phoenicia. Bold text You Can Count on Me is a 2000 movie, starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin and Matthew Broderick, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... Margaretville is a village located in Delaware County, New York. ... Phoenicia is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, USA. The population was 381 at the 2000 census. ...

Kaaterskill Falls (2001) Award winning independent film about a young urban couple befriending a local hitchhiker. Mountain country version of Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water. (Actually filmed in the Catskills.) Kaaterskill Falls is an independent American film made in 2000 and released in 2001. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Knife in the Water is a 1962 film directed by Roman Polanski. ...

The Catskill Chainsaw Redemption (2004) A Horror movie

Stagedoor (2006) Documentary on life at a teen camp

Goyband (2007 - post production) "Dirty dancing" meets "my big fat Greek wedding" with a touch of "fiddler on the roof". Goyband is an upcoming film, expected to be released in 2007. ...

Toootsie (1982) - Features scenes in the "Hurley Mountain Inn" located in Ulster County.

99 Geiger Road [1] 2007 - Documentary about a bungalow colony of Holocaust survivors

See also

• Borscht Belt
• Catskill High Peaks
• Catskill Park
• History of the Catskill Mountains
• USS Catskill (1862)
• USS Catskill (LSV-1)

Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. ... The Catskill High Peaks are all those mountains in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the USA above 3,500 ft (1067 m) in elevation whose summits are separated either by one-half mile (805 m) or a vertical drop of at least 200 ft (61 m) between it... The Catskill State Park, also called Catskill Park, is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States. ... The Mountain House, 1836, by Jasper Francis Cropsey // Natural History Early geologic history The Catskills began existence as a river delta 350 million years ago. ... USS Catskill, a single-turreted Passaic-class monitor, was launched 16 December 1862 by Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, N.Y.; outfitted at New York Navy Yard; commissioned 24 February 1863, Commander George W. Rodgers in command; and reported to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. ... The USS Catskill (LSV-1) was a vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship of her class, she was named for the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York State, and the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. ...

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Catskill Mountains

• Online Guide to the Catskill Mountains
• Official Tourism Site of the Catskill Region
• The Catskill Archive - History of the Catskill Mountains
• The Catskill Mountain Foundation
• The Mountain Top Historical Society
• History of Hunter and the Mountain Top area.
• The Catskill Center
• The Catskill Watershed Corporation
• The Thomas Cole National Historic Site
• Aerial Exploration of the Panther Mountain Structure
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Topics	History | Geography | Education | Administrative divisions | Government | Politics | Elections | Economy | Demographics | People | Transportation Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_York. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... This article is about the state. ... For other uses, see Albany. ... Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ... New York, the Empire State has been at the center of American politics, finance, industry, transportation and culture since it was created by the Dutch in the 17th century. ... The Politics of New York State tend to be more left-leaning than in most of the rest of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and its suburbs, and in the cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Albany. ... Some pages with election results are The NYS Board of Elections and Polidata. ... New York population distribution According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2006, New York was the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with an estimated population of 19,306,183 [1], which is a decrease of -9,538 from the prior year and an increase...
Regions	Adirondack Mountains | Allegheny Plateau | Capital District | Catskill Mountains | Central | Champlain Valley | City of New York | Finger Lakes | Holland Purchase | Hudson Highlands | Hudson Valley | Long Island | Mohawk Valley | New York Metro | North Country | Ridge and Valley | Saint Lawrence Seaway | Shawangunks | Southern Tier | Thousand Islands | Upstate | Western This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ... Stream on the hike to the top of Ampersand Mountain The Adirondack mountain range is located in the northeastern part of New York that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. ... Map of the Allegheny plateau. ... The Capital District is an imprecise regional definition (much like Upstate New York) that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of New York: Albany County, Schenectady County, and Rensselaer County. ... Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities: The region has a population of about 1,177,073. ... Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Finger Lakes, a major tourist destination in the west-central section of Upstate New York, are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly identified as such. ... Map of the Holland Purchase The Holland Purchase is a large tract of land in what is now western New York State. ... Wind Gate, the northern entrance to the Hudson Highlands, as seen from Newburgh. ... For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine). ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York includes the industrialized cities of Utica and Rome, along with other smaller commercial centers. ... New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... The North Country describes the extreme northern frontier of the United States state of New York, bordering Lake Ontario, the Saint Lawrence River (across from the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec), Vermont, and the Adirondack Mountains. ... The Ridge-and-valley Appalachians are a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from northern New Jersey westward into Pennsylvania and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. ... The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, NY. The St. ... Shawangunk Ridge from south of New Paltz, N.Y. The Shawangunk Ridge (also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, or The Gunks) is a ridge of mountains in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the... The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of upstate New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania, with the exception of the counties in the far west of the state near the city of Buffalo. ... Sunset over one of the smallest islands. ... The areas highlighted in YELLOW and GREEN are those which are considered to be a bona fide part of Upstate New York from the perspective of New York City. ... Western New York refers to the westernmost region of New York State. ...
Metro areas	Albany/Schenectady/Troy/Saratoga Springs | Binghamton | Buffalo/Niagara Falls | Elmira/Corning | Glens Falls | Jamestown | Newburgh/Middletown | New York City | Poughkeepsie | Rochester | Syracuse | Utica/Rome This List of the 62 cities in New York State, USA, is an alphabetic list that also gives the primary county in which each city is located. ... For other uses, see Albany. ... Schenectady (IPA ) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... Saratoga Springs redirects here. ... This article is about the City of Binghamton, New York. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State Coordinates: , Country State County Erie Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - Total 52. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Location in Chemung County in the state of New York Coordinates: , Country State County Chemung County Government  - Mayor John S. Tonello (D) Area  - City  7. ... Rockwell Museum Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. ... Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, USA. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the United States. ... Coordinates: , Country United States of America State New York County Orange Settled 1709 Incorporated (village) 1800 Incorporated (City) 1865 Government  - Type Council-manager  - City Manager Jean McGrane  - Mayor Nick Valentine Area  - City  4. ... Erie Railroad, Middletown Station, James Street, July, 1971. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Poughkeepsie redirects here. ... This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. ... Nickname: Location of Syracuse within the state of New York Coordinates: , City Government  - Mayor Matthew Driscoll (D) Area  - City 66. ... Utica, New York is a city in the State of New York and the county seat of Oneida County. ... Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. ...
Counties	Albany | Allegany | Bronx | Broome | Cattaraugus | Cayuga | Chautauqua | Chemung | Chenango | Clinton | Columbia | Cortland | Delaware | Dutchess | Erie | Essex | Franklin | Fulton | Genesee | Greene | Hamilton | Herkimer | Jefferson | Kings (Brooklyn) | Lewis | Livingston | Madison | Monroe | Montgomery | Nassau | New York (Manhattan) | Niagara | Oneida | Onondaga | Ontario | Orange | Orleans | Oswego | Otsego | Putnam | Queens | Rensselaer | Richmond (Staten Island) | Rockland | Saint Lawrence | Saratoga | Schenectady | Schoharie | Schuyler | Seneca | Steuben | Suffolk | Sullivan | Tioga | Tompkins | Ulster | Warren | Washington | Wayne | Westchester | Wyoming | Yates List of New York counties Map of the counties of New York State (click for larger version) Albany County: formed in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties. ... Location in the state of New York Formed November 1, 1683 Seat Albany Area  - Total  - Water 1,381 km² (533 mi²) 25 km² (10 mi²) 1. ... Allegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1799 Seat Auburn Area  - Total  - Water 2,237 km² (864 mi²) 441 km² (170 mi²) 19. ... Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Chemung County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... For other places named Chenango, see Chenango. ... Clinton County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Essex County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Franklin County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Genesee County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Hamilton County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Herkimer County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Livingston County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Madison County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Montgomery County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Nassau County is a suburban city county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1808 Seat Lockport Area  - Total  - Water 2,952 km² (1,140 mi²) 1,598 km² (617 mi²) 54. ... Oneida County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1794 Seat Syracuse Area  - Total  - Water 2,087 km² (806 mi²) 66 km² (25 mi²) 3. ... Ontario County is a county located in the state of New York. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... Orleans County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Oswego County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York . ... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... Rensselaer County is a county in the state of New York. ... This article is about the borough in New York City. ... The Tappan Zee Bridge, in a view looking toward Rockland. ... St. ... Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1809 Seat Schenectady Area  - Total  - Water 543 km² (210 mi²) 9 km² (4 mi²) 1. ... Schoharie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Schuyler County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Seneca County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Steuben County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Tioga County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the states beautiful Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. ... Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. ... Washington County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Wayne County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Wyoming County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Yates County is a county located in the state of New York. ...