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The Catskill Center is a non-profit organization working to protect the cultural, historic, and natural resources of the Catskill Mountains.

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The Catskill Mountain Club is a new association of outdoors-people who love to hike, camp, fish, hunt, canoe, kayak, bike, climb and otherwise enjoy nature and non-motorized outdoor recreational pursuits in the Catskill Mountains.

Water Discovery Center
The Water Discovery Center will directly confront the most critical challenge facing our nation and the world in the 21st. century - the shortage of clean, fresh water. Join us on a journey that will hold shocking, even frightening discoveries about the most important natural resource in our world. Understand the problem. Discover the solutions. Learn what you can do. Act!


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NEW!!! Catskill Mountains Trail Map - Applachian Mountain Club

Second edition (March 17, 2009)

This detailed, full-color, waterproof Tyvek, GPS rendered map covers the Catskill Forest Preserve East and West. This new map also features trail segment mileage. The perfect companion to your next hike, use this map with AMC's Catskill Mountain Guide, 2nd Edition to best explore all of the trails the Catskills have to offer.  

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Heart Of The Catskills Book

 

The Heart Of The Catskills by Bob Steuding

The Heart of the Catskills by Bob Steuding, author of the popular and highly acclaimed The Last of the Handmade Dams: The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir describes the early settlement of the part of the Catskills centered on its highest peak, Slide Mountain; the area's exploitation by the tanning industry; and the building of the Grand Hotel near Belleayre Mountain. He presents the stories of colorful personalities, such as Jim Dutcher, the mountain man; John Burroughs, the writer and naturalist; and others, who once peopled this wild and beautiful place.

150 pp Purple Mountain Press

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Remembering the Sullivan County Catskills

Remembering the Sullivan County Catskills

by John Conway

Compiled from the best of John Conway's popular Retrospect column, these articles shine a spotlight on famous faces of the past, from George Suslosky, phenomenal yet feisty diner cook, to the worst woman on earth, Lizzie Brown Halliday. Enlightening and entertaining, the remarkable historical vignettes in this volume explore the customs and curiosities of the Sullivan County Catskills.

150 pp Purple Mountain Press

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Catskill Trails edited by Carol and David White, and Neal Burdick

New! 3rd Edition

280 pp Adirondack Mountain Club

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Catskill Day Hikes For All Seasons by Carol and David White

176 pp Adirondack Mountain Club

Covers a selection of sixty well-planned hikes throughout the Catskills. Gives difficulty ratings, round-trip distances, and parking and trailhead guidance, as well as descriptions of what you might expect to see.

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Kaaterskill Clove - Where Nature Met Art
by Raymond Beecher

223 pp - Black Dome Press

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Good Fishing In The Catskills
by Jim Capossela

221 pp - Backcountry Guides

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The Catskill Park by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh and Christopher W. Olney

248 pp - Black Dome Press

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Catskill Region Waterfall Guide by Russell Dunn

239 pp - Black Dome Press

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Catskill Mountain House Trail Guide by

Robert A. Gildersleeve

224 pp - Black Dome Press

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Old Stone Walls by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh

112 pp - Purple Mountain Press

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The Catskill Forest: A History by Michael Kudish

217 pp w/large pull out map - Purple Mountain Press

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Catskill Hotels (Images Of America Series) by Irwin Richman

128 pp - Arcadia Publishing

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The Catskills in Postcards (Images Of America Series) by Irwin Richman

128 pp - Arcadia Publishing

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Sullivan County Borscht Belt (Images Of America Series) by Irwin Richman

128 pp - Arcadia Publishing

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Esopus, NY (Images Of America Series) by Karl and Susan Wick

128 pp - Arcadia Publishing

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The Catskills by T. Morris Longstreth -New edition of the 1917 Classic with foreword by Edward J. Renehan Jr.

336 pp w/map Black Dome Press

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Out of the Catskills and Just Beyond: Literary and Visual Works by Catskill Writers and Artists (Catskills Arts Series) by Bertha Rogers (Editor)

366 pp Bright Hill Press

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The Central Catskills: A Ranger's Guide to the High Peaks (Catskill Trails, Book 2) by Edward G. Henry (Photographer)

184 pp Black Dome Press

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Catskill Mountain Guide: Hiking Trails in the Catskills by Peter Kick

237 pp Appalachian Mountain Club Books; Book and Map edition

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Catskill Trails: A Ranger's Guide to the High Peaks by Edward Henry

184 pp Black Dome Press

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Land of Little Rivers: A Story in Photos of Catskill Fly Fishing by Austin McK. Francis, Enrico Ferorelli

270 pp W.W. Norton & Company

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The Catskill Mountain House by Roland Van Zandt

416 pp. Black Dome Press

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The Dark Genius Of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

352 pp - Basic Books

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John Burroughs: An American Naturalist by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

384 pp. Black Dome Press

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The Catskills : From Wilderness to Woodstock by Alf Evers

831 pp Overlook Press

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A Free Soil--A Free People : The Anti-Rent War in Delaware County, New York by Dorothy Kubik

176 pp Purple Mountain Pr Ltd

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 The Unbroken Thread: A History of Quiltmaking in the Catskills by Steve Hoare, Carter Houck (Introduction), Drew Harty (Photographer)

248 pp. Black Dome Press

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The Catskills : An Illustrated Historical Guide With Gazetteer by Arthur G. Adams

402 pp. Fordham Univ Press

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The Life and Works of Thomas Cole by Louis Legrand Noble, Edited by Elliot S. Vesell

336 pp. Black Dome Press

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In Catskill Country: Collected Essays on Mountain History, Life, and Lore by Alf Evers Designed by Heywood H. Broun

Overlook Press

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Bare Trees : Zadock Pratt, Master Tanner, & the Story of What Happened to the Catskill Mountain Forests by Patricia E. Millen

112 pp Black Dome Press

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In the Catskills by Phil Brown (Editor)

367 pp Columbia University Press

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Borscht Belt Bungalows: Memories of Catskill Summers by Irwin Richman

256 pp Temple Univ Press

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Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area by Phil Brown

304 pp Temple Univ Press

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In Blue Mountains : An Artist's Return to America's First Wilderness by Thomas Locker

Bell Bond Bools

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The Eastern Catskills Driving Tour Guide

Audio CD, Cassette & Map - Travelog Corp.

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The Ashokan Catskills : A Natural History by John Bierhorst, Sherret, S. Chase (Editor), Ann Crawford (Editor)

128 pp Purple Mountain Press

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