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Slide Mountain
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Minisink Battlefield County Park
Windham Mountain
Falling Waters Preserve
Plattekill Mountain, Catskills, NY
Empire State Railway Museum
Hunter Mountain in the Catskills, NY
Hanford Mills Museum
Zoom Flume in the Catskills, NY
Time and the Valleys Museum
Tivoli Sailing Company
Catskill Carriage
Forestburgh Playhouse
The Belleayre Beach at Belleayre Mountain
Catskill Scenic Trail in the Catskills, NY
Esopus Bend Nature Preserve
Holiday Mountain Ski Area
CREATE Council on the Arts
Peekamoose Restaurant
Krause's Chocolates
Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest
- The Catskills is a beautiful area in southeastern New York, about 100 miles from NYC and 40 miles from Albany, just west of the Hudson River.
- Most of the Catskills are protected within the Catskill Park, a 700,000-acre forest preserve.
- The Catskills left a significant mark in American culture, and the timeless beauty of the area has been immortalized by many 19th century Hudson River School painters.
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