Catskills, The Blue Mountains of the North
Catskill Mountains 2015 Photographic Images. The Catskill Mountains, or the Catskills, are a large area in the southern eastern portion of the U.S. state of New York. They are located approximately 100 miles north-northwest of New York City and 40 miles southwest of Albany, starting just west of the Hudson River. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700,000-acre forest preserve protected from many forms of development under New York state law.
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