North–South Lake is an 1,100-acre (4.4 km2) state campground in the Catskill Forest Preserve near Palenville, New York operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation near the site of the historic Catskill Mountain House overlooking the Hudson River. The escarpment on which the lakes are located is at 2,250 feet, 1,700 feet above the valley floor, providing a view of five states in clear weather.
View from Sunset Rocks
North-South Lake
View east over the Hudson River from Catskill Mountain House site. Taconic Mountains of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts are in the background.
North-South Lake
Palenville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2020 census.
Rowena Memorial School
Otis Elevating Railway in Palenville, ca. 1900
Old studio of Artist Hall in 1906