Catskills
By Plattekill Mountain on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 3:34 pm
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 3:10 pm
Above: Margaretville's Fire Department Field Days and Carnival comes to a grand finale this weekend, July 3 and July 4. Photo by Joe Damone Photography.
We're already written about where to find fireworks on this Fourth of July in the Catskills. But there... Read more
By Plattekill Mountain on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 1:52 pm
By Plattekill Mountain on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 1:28 pm
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015 - 6:33 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will restrict public access to Kaaterskill Falls, the most famous waterfall in the Catskills, on Monday, July 6, and will keep it restricted throughout the summer of 2015, according to a press... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015 - 3:44 pm
After 30 years of planning, it took less than a year to get the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center in the Ulster County hamlet of Mount Tremper from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting.
Hundreds of people gathered to watch former Congressman... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2015 - 4:03 pm
Above: Fireworks at the Monticello Raceway on July 4, 2014. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Independence Day in the Catskills means barbecue, waters warm enough to swim in, and lots of time spent outside... Read more
By Jessica Porter on Monday, Jun. 29, 2015 - 2:19 pm
Steep slopes and restless streams make the Catskill Mountains rich waterfall territory. Here are 10 falls worth visiting, winnowed down from the dozens and dozens to be found in the region. Some are a cool reward at the end of a rugged hike, while others... Read more
By Laney Salisbury on Friday, Jun. 26, 2015 - 10:40 am
Many trees along Route 23C leading up to the Mountain Top Arboretum in the Greene County village of Tannersville don't stand a chance. They are ash trees, victims of the ongoing Catskills invasion by the emerald ash borer, and they loom over the road like... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2015 - 12:49 pm
Above: Catskills v. Hamptons T-shirts on The Graham & Co.'s Instagram page in 2013.
The "Year of the Catskills" continues: On Tuesday, June 23, the New York Post's Page Six gossip column quotes an "NYC nightlife guru" as saying that, yes, the... Read more
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