The notebook of Catskills
Take height without losing the details.
New York City destination centered on mountains, lakes, rivers and highly contrasting cities, useful to cover New York State outside Manhattan.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Mountain · Forest · Nature · Countryside
Variable accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Catskills
New York City destination centered on mountains, lakes, rivers and highly contrasting cities, useful to cover New York State outside Manhattan.
To understand what Catskills is, you have to look at Kaaterskill Falls, Woodstock and Hunter Mountain. These places give you a view of a territory marked by mountain reliefs, forests, natural spaces and the countryside and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: seasonality to check and sometimes important distances. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Kaaterskill Falls
- Woodstock
- Hunter Mountain
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Seasonality to be checked
- Sometimes large distances
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Nature and landscape
Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill Falls It descends into two large folds, framed by a wooded amphitheater that explains its visual strength. Views are spectacular from the arranged points, but the wet ground requires prudence and rhythm. It is not the distance that counts, but the safe step.
Nature and landscape
Woodstock
Woodstock keeps an artistic identity persistent despite its reputation as a displaced festival. Galleries, bookstores and wooded houses structure a simple entrance into the Catskills The village is a good airlock: lively without saturating, it leads to the wilder world of nearby roads.
Nature and landscape
Hunter Mountain
Hunter Mountain turns winter into a slipping field and summer into a promontory to the observation tower. From the ridge, the chain of the Catskills The day alternates moderate effort and wide panoramas.
Practical tips
This information helps know if the destination matches the planned trip before starting a fuller search.
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The closest ideas on the map, to extend your trip.
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