Shawangunk Ridge from south of New Paltz, N.Y.

The Shawangunk Ridge (also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, or The Gunks; pronounced by some locals as "SHONG-gum," (/ˈʃɑŋgʌm/)) 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 Catskill Mountains. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1893x430, 295 KB)Photographed by Daniel Case from Dresser Farms on Route 208 on 2005-08-24 and combined from three separate images (OK, not flawlessly, but give me some credit) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1893x430, 295 KB)Photographed by Daniel Case from Dresser Farms on Route 208 on 2005-08-24 and combined from three separate images (OK, not flawlessly, but give me some credit) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this... Stone houses in the historic district along Huguenot Street in New Paltz. ... 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. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... 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. ...

The ridgetop, which widens considerably at its northern end, has many public and private protected areas and is not heavily populated, boasting only one settlement of consequence (unincorporated Cragsmoor). While in the past it was chiefly noted for huckleberry picking, and the fires set to create favorable conditions for further growth, today it has become known for its outdoor recreation, most notably as one of the major rock climbing areas of North America. Cragsmoor is a census-designated place located in Ulster County, New York. ... Wild huckleberry in the Mount Hood National Forest. ... For other uses, see Climbing (disambiguation). ...

Name

The name is a Dutch transliteration of the indigenous Munsee [Lenape] "Scha-WAN-gunk" (/ʃɑˈwɑŋˌgʌŋk/). The Lenape linguist Raymond Whritenour reports that, "Schawan" is an inanimate intransitive verb meaning "it is smoky air" or "there is smoky air." Its noun-like participle is "schawank," meaning "that which is smoky air." Adding the locative suffix gives us "schawangunk" ("in that which is smoky air" or, more simply, "in the smoky air")^[1]. Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system. ... “Intransitive” redirects here. ...

Whritenour has suggested the name might derive from the burning of a Munsee fort by the Dutch, at the eastern base of the ridge in 1663 (a massacre ending the Second Esopus War), where it spread quickly across the basin on land deeds and patents after the war. Historian Marc B. Fried writes: "It is conceivable that this was...the Indians' own proper name for their village [and fort] and that the name was appropriated for use in subsequent land dealings because of the proximity of the...tracts to the former Indian village....The second possibility is that the name simply came into existence in connection with the Bruyn [purchase of Jan., 1682, the first appearance of the name in documentary record], as a phrase invented by the Indians to describe some feature of the landscape." By the early to mid 18th century, Shawangunk became associated with the ridge. European settlers began to truncate Shawangunk into "SHONG-gum," (/ˈʃɑŋgʌm/) a pronunciation still favored by many locals in the area where the name first came into existence, but also frequently misrepresented by some parties as the original indigenous pronunciation. Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Year 1663 (MDCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Esopus Wars were two short wars between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians in Ulster County, New York during the latter half of the 17th century. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Geography

The Shawangunk Ridge is the northern end of a long ridge within the Appalachian Mountains that begins in Virginia, where it is called North Mountain, continues through Pennsylvania as Blue Mountain, becomes known as the Kittatinny Mountains after it crosses the Delaware Water Gap into New Jersey and becomes the Shawangunks at the New York state line. These mountains mark the western and northern edge of the Great Appalachian Valley^[2]. The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... North Mountain is a mountain ridge within the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. ... The Blue Mountain area ; Not shown to the west is Hawk Mountain area . Blue Mountain, is the prominent, most southeastern Appalachian ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Province of Pennsylvania. ... The Kittatinny Mountains are a long ridge across northwestern New Jersey. ... The Delaware Water Gap is on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River traverses a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Great Valley, also called the Great Appalachian Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. ...

Natural environment

There is an unusual diversity of vegetation on the ridge, containing species typically found north of this region alongside species typically found to the south or restricted to the Coastal Plain. This results in an unusual area where many regionally rare plants are found at or near the limits of their ranges. Other rare species found in the area are those adapted to the harsh conditions on the ridge. Upland communities include chestnut oak and mixed-oak forest, pine barrens including dwarf pine ridges, hemlock-northern hardwood forest, and cliff and talus slope and cave communities. Wetlands include small lakes and streams, bogs, pitch pine-blueberry peat swamps, an inland Atlantic white cypress swamp, red maple swamps, acidic seeps, calcareous seeps, and a few emergent marshes^[3]. Binomial name Willdenow The Chestnut oak (Quercus montana, or Quercus prinus in some references) is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. ... This article is about a type of ecosystem. ... Species Eastern Hemlock Carolina Hemlock Taiwan Hemlock Northern Japanese Hemlock Himalayan Hemlock Forrests Hemlock Western Hemlock Mountain Hemlock Southern Japanese Hemlock Tsuga is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. ... Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany. ... Binomial name Pinus rigida Mill. ... For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. ... Binomial name Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. ... Binomial name Acer rubrum L. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) is also known as Swamp Maple or Soft Maple. ...

Geography

Castle Point in the Shawangunks

The ridge is widest (7.5 miles/12 kilometers) near the northern end, narrow in the middle (1.25 miles/under 2 kilometers) with a maximum elevation of 2,289 feet (698 meters) near Lake Maratanza on the Shawangunk Ridge. The ridge rises above the broad Wallkill River valley to the east and the narrow valley to the west that contains Basher Kill and Rondout Creek at the northern end and the Neversink River and Delaware River at the southern end. These adjacent valleys are underlain by relatively weak sedimentary rock (e.g., sandstone, shale, limestone). Download high resolution version (960x1280, 325 KB)Castle Point in the Shawangunks. ... Download high resolution version (960x1280, 325 KB)Castle Point in the Shawangunks. ... Lake Maratanza is the highest lake in New Yorks Shawangunk Ridge. ... Islands in the Wallkill River near Walden, NY The Wallkill River, a tributary of the Hudson, drains Lake Tomahawk, near Sparta, New Jersey, flowing from there generally northeasterly more than 90 miles (144 km) into New York, where it drains into Rondout Creek near Rosendale, with the combined flows reaching... Fljótsdalur in East Iceland, a rather flat valley In geology, a valley (also called a vale or dale) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. ... Rondout Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York, that rises on Rocky Mountain in the eastern Catskills, flows south into New York Citys Rondout Reservoir, then into the valley between the Catskills and the Shawangunk Ridge, where it goes over the spectacular High... The Neversink River (also called Neversink Creek in its upper course) is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 65 mi (105 km) long, in southeastern New York in the United States. ... For the Delaware River in Kansas, see Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ...

Geology

The ridge is primarily underlain by Shawangunk Conglomerate, a hard, silica-cemented conglomerate of white quartz pebbles and sandstone that directly overlies the Martinsburg Shale, a thick turbidite sequence of dark gray shale and greywacke sandstone. The Martinsburg Shale was deposited in a deep ocean during the Ordovician (470 million years ago). The Shawangunk Conglomerate was deposited over the Martinsburg Shale in thick braided rivers during the Silurian (about 420 million years ago); both sequences of sedimentary rock were subsequently deformed and uplifted during the Permian (about 270 million years ago). As a result of this deformation, strata within the ridge are involved in a northward plunging series of asymmetric folds (e.g., anticlines and synclines) that dip gently towards the west. These same folds, involving strata that overlie the Shawangunk Conglomerate, are exposed north of Shawangunk Ridge in the Rosendale natural cement region, where they can be directly examined in abandoned cement mines. Strata along the eastern margin of Shawangunk Ridge are truncated by erosion, resulting in the prominent cliffs characteristic of Shawangunk Ridge. The Shawangunk Conglomerate is very hard and resistant to weathering; whereas the underlying shale erodes relatively easily. Thus, the quartz conglomerate forms cliffs and talus slopes, particularly along the eastern margin of the ridge. The Shawangunk Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. ... R-phrases R42 R43 R49 S-phrases S22 S36 S37 S45 S53 Flash point non-flammable Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... In geology, cementation is the process of deposition of dissolved mineral components in the interstices of sediments. ... Two types of sedimentary rock: limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). ... Sea wave polishing pebbles into rounded corners Pebbles For other uses, see Pebble (disambiguation). ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... USGS image Turbidite geological formations have their origins in turbidity current deposits, deposits from a form of underwater avalanche that are responsible for distributing vast amounts of clastic sediment into the deep ocean. ... Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... Greywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly-sorted, angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix. ... The speedy deletion of this page is contested. ... Anticline with syncline visible at far right- USGS In structural geology, an anticline is a Fold (geology) that is convex to the youngest beds—youngest sediments are on back of hand, older under the palm. ... Road Cut near Ft. ... Rosendale is a town located in Ulster County, New York. ... Scree or detritic cone is a term given to broken rock that appears at the bottom of crags, mountain cliffs or valley shoulders. ...

The entire ridge was glaciated during the last (Wisconsin) glaciation, which scoured the ridges, left pockets of till, and dumped talus (blocks of rock) off the east side of the ridge. On top of the ridge, the soils are generally thin, highly acidic, low in nutrients, and droughty, but in depressions and other areas where water is trapped by the bedrock or till, there are interspersed lakes and wetland areas. Soils on top of shale are thicker, less acidic, and more fertile. Topography on the top of the northern Shawangunks is irregular due to a series of faults that form secondary plateaus and escarpments. A glaciation (a created composite term meaning Glacial Period, referring to the Period or Era of, as well as the process of High Glacial Activity), often called an ice age, is a geological phenomenon in which massive ice sheets form in the Arctic and Antarctic and advance toward the equator. ... Glacial till with tufts of grass Till is an unsorted glacial sediment. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 437 KB)Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park Preserve Taken by User:Mwanner, 2001 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 437 KB)Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park Preserve Taken by User:Mwanner, 2001 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lake Minnewaska The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a twelve thousand acre preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York on US 44/55, five miles west of New York State route 299, near New Paltz, New York. ...

Ice Caves

Ice caves are deep fissures in the conglomerate bedrock that retain ice through much of the summer, resulting in a cool microenvironment that supports several northern species such as black spruce, hemlock, rowan, and creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula), and bryophytes such as Isopterygium distichaceum. These ice caves are concentrated near Sam's Point in the northern Shawangunks. Larger limestone caverns occur along the lower slopes of the Rondout and Delaware River valleys^[4]. Binomial name Picea mariana The Black Spruce (Picea mariana) is a common coniferous tree in North America. ... Species Sorbus subgenus Sorbus Sorbus aucuparia - European Rowan Sorbus americana - American mountain ash Sorbus cashmiriana - Kashmir Rowan Sorbus commixta - Japanese Rowan Sorbus decora - Showy mountain ash Sorbus glabrescens - White-fruited Rowan Sorbus hupehensis - Hubei Rowan Sorbus matsumurana Sorbus sargentiana - Sargents Rowan Sorbus scalaris - Ladder Rowan Sorbus sitchensis - Sitka mountain... Creeping snowberry may refer to: Gaultheria hispidula Symphoricarpos mollis Creeping snowberry at Integrated Taxonomic Information System Category: ... Bryophyte is a botanical term which refers to any member of the following divisions of the Plantae kingdom: Bryophyta (mosses) Anthocerophyta (hornworts) Hepatophyta (liverworts) Despite the similarity in name, a bryophyte does not exclusively imply a species of the division bryophyta. ... Sams Point Preserve, or Sams Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve, is a 4600 acre (19 km²) preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy in Ulster County on the highest point (2,289 feet/697 m) of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York. ...

Lakes and wetlands occur mostly on the flat-topped ridges at the northern and southern ends of the area and, to a lesser extent, along the western side of the middle part of the ridge. Lakes and ponds occurring on conglomerate tend to be clear, nutrient-poor, and very acidic, due to limited buffering capacity of the bedrock. The northern Shawangunks have five lakes, the "sky lakes," which are, from north to south: Mohonk Lake, Lake Minnewaska, Lake Awosting, Mud Pond, and Lake Maratanza. The pH in four of the lakes averages about 4 (very acidic); Lake Mohonk, which partially overlays shale bedrock and is therefore partially buffered, is closer to neutral pH (7.0).

Public Lands and Preserves

The Shawangunks contain Mohonk Preserve, Minnewaska State Park Preserve and Sam's Point Preserve with more than 100 miles of hiking trails and several climbing areas. The Long Path long-distance hiking trail follows the ridge from Sullivan County to the vicinity of Kerhonkson; south of it the Shawangunk Ridge Trail connects to the Appalachian Trail near High Point. The Trapps in the Mohonk Preserve The Mohonk Preserve is located in the Shawangunk Ridge, a section of the Appalachian Mountains, ninety miles north of New York City and five miles west of New Paltz, New York. ... Lake Minnewaska The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a twelve thousand acre preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York on US 44/55, five miles west of New York State route 299, near New Paltz, New York. ... Sams Point Preserve, or Sams Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve, is a 4600 acre (19 km²) preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy in Ulster County on the highest point (2,289 feet/697 m) of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York. ... The Long Path is a 330-mile (528 km) long-distance hiking trail running from George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey to Altamont, New York, in the Albany area. ... Kerhonkson is a census-designated place located in Ulster County, New York. ... The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ... For other uses, see High Point (disambiguation). ...

There are also many waterfalls in the Shawangunk region, like VerKeerderkill falls and Awosting Falls. The Shawangunks is also known for having some of the best rock climbing in the Northeast. External links Sams Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve Categories: Stub | Waterfalls of the United States | New York geography ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... Regional definitions vary The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States. ...

In 2004, a luxury development plan for buildings has threatened the ridge line, and as a result a grassroots "Save the Ridge" campaign has become extremely popular in the area. In 2006 a court ordered the sale of property by the private owner to settle a case brought on by the developer. The Open Space Institute of NY purchased the land and has signed it over to Minnewaska State Park Preserve. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Trust for Public Land and Open Space Institute actually agreed to purchase the land for $17 million dollars. At closing, however, the contract was assigned and title was taken in the name of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission, a federally chartered commission, although the funds for the purchase apparently came from the New York state Environmental Protection Fund^[5].

Climbing in the Gunks

Shawangunk Ridge, specifically the Near Trapps.

Climbing in the Shawangunks has historically been centered around four major cliffs: Millbrook, the Near Trapps, The Trapps, and Skytop. Of these four, The Trapps is the longest and the most popular, with the largest number of climbing routes. The Near Trapps is located immediately across Route 44/55 from The Trapps, and is second in popularity. Millbrook mountain, the most southerly cliff, is the most remote, and sees the least climbing activity. Rock climbing is currently banned at Skytop, which is owned by the Mohonk Mountain House. In the beginning of 2007 it was announced that guided climbing would be possible at Skytop for Mohonk Mountain House guests. Rock climbing is allowed by permit at the Peter’s Kill area, a minor crag with good bouldering and top roping opportunities. There are numerous other minor crags in the area, but local consensus is to keep them undocumented except by oral tradition. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 290 pixelsFull resolution‎ (6,013 × 2,177 pixels, file size: 6. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 290 pixelsFull resolution‎ (6,013 × 2,177 pixels, file size: 6. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Mohonk Mountain House, taken from Skytop The Mohonk Mountain house is a large resort located atop the Shawangunk Ridge on the shore of Lake Mohonk, a half mile (800 m) long, 60 foot (20 m) deep lake. ... Bouldering is a style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs so that a fall will not result in injury. ... Top roping is a style of climbing in which the rope runs from the belayer at the foot of the route through a carabiner connected to an anchor at the top of the route and back down to the climber. ... Oral tradition or oral culture is a way of transmitting history, literature or law from one generation to the next in a civilization without a writing system. ...

The height of the cliff varies along the ridgeline, to a maximum of some 300 feet. The average height is around 150 feet. Descent is achieved either by walking along a footpath at the top of the cliff, or by rappelling from fixed anchors. Climbing activity goes on year round, but is most popular (and comfortable) from April through November. 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. ... In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, to rope down) is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ... Anchor (climbing) An arrangement of one or more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or toprope. ...

Technical rock climbing has been going on in the Gunks since 1935, when the area was “discovered” by Fritz Wiessner. Hans Kraus, along with Wiessner, dominated the local climbing scene until the 1950s. There is a rich history of climbing in the Shawangunks, which includes the conservative Appalachian Mountain Club, the drug- and alcohol-fueled antics of the Vulgarians (a group led by guidebook author Richard Williams that opposed the licensing of climbers and engaged in outrageous behavior, including climbing nude)^[6], and many colorful personalities. The area has historically often been at the leading edge of elite rock climbing; today it is better known for its large number of high quality moderate climbing routes. Fritz Wiessner (1900-1988) was a pioneer of free climbing . ... Hans Kraus (1905-1995) was a pioneer of modern Rock Climbing as well as being one of the fathers of sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. ... Looking south on the Franconia Ridge Trail AMC Headquarters, 5 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts. ...

There are roughly 1200 documented climbing routes in the Gunks, ranging in difficulty from 5.0 to 5.13. The area is considered a traditional climbing area; since 1988 the Mohonk Preserve has banned the placement of bolts, and pitons (although bolts and pitons that were placed prior to the ban are still used and are allowed to be replaced) as well as formally forbidding the chipping or glueing of holds or cutting trees. The Gunks is probably the most popular single climbing area in the United States, with some 50,000 technical climbers visiting the area each year.^[7] In mountaineering and related climbing sports, climbers give a climbing grade to a route that attempts to assess the difficulty and danger of climbing the route. ... In mountaineering and related climbing sports, climbers give a climbing grade to a route that attempts to assess the difficulty and danger of climbing the route. ... Traditional climbing. ... The Trapps in the Mohonk Preserve The Mohonk Preserve is located in the Shawangunk Ridge, a section of the Appalachian Mountains, ninety miles north of New York City and five miles west of New Paltz, New York. ... In climbing, a bolt is a permanent anchor fixed into a hole drilled in the rock, usually consisting of a glued in or expansion bolt to which a hanger is permanently fixed (allowing passing climbers to clip a carabiner to the bolt). ... In climbing, a piton (also called a pin or peg) is a steel spike that is driven into a crack or seam in the rock with a hammer, and which acts as an anchor to protect the climber against the consequences of a fall, or to assist progress in aid...

External links

• Shawangunk home page
• http://www.savethegunks.com/
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Friends of the Shawangunks/The Shawangunk Conservancy
• Gunks.com
• The Uberfall.com

Preserves within the Shawangunks:

• Mohonk Preserve
• Mohonk Mountain Resort
• Sam's Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve
• Minnewaska State Park Preserve

References

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Shawangunk Ridge

1. ^ Fried, Marc B., 2005). Shawangunk Place-Names, pp.3-12
2. ^ Swain, Todd (1988) Gunks Guide
3. ^ "Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed", US Fish & Wildlife Service
4. ^ Waterman, Laura and Guy (1993) Yankee Rock and Ice
5. ^ Spatz, Christopher. Spring 2005, "Smoke Signals", Shawangunk Watch: Friends of the Shawangunks & The Shawangunk Conservancy.
6. ^ "Who Were the Notorious Vulgarians?" Traditional Mountaineering, accessed May 8, 2007
7. ^ Williams, Richard (2005) Shawangunk Rock Climbs: The Trapps esp History

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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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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  - City 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). ... There is also a Town of Broome. ... 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. ...