Kaaterskill High Peak
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Kaaterskill High Peak is one of the Catskill Mountains, located in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York, United States. It was once believed to be the highest peak in the entire range, but it
Kaaterskill High Peak from southwest
View of Catskill Escarpment from across Hudson, with High Peak predominant.
View Near the Village of Catskill, by Thomas Cole, 1827. One of his many paintings to feature High Peak and Round Top.
Summit, with debris from nearby plane wreck.
Catskill Escarpment
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The Catskill Escarpment, often referred to locally as just the Escarpment or the Great Wall of Manitou, and known as the Catskill Front to geologists, is the range forming the northeastern corner of t
Kaaterskill High Peak
…during the American and French revolutions. High Peak stands slightly apart from other major peaks in the Catskills, squarely in the middle of the Catskill Escarpment, the sudden rise of the peaks from the Hudson Valley floor. From the valley, it is easy to understand how it came to be seen as the highest peak in the…
The Escarpment as seen from Rhinebeck, across the Hudson River
View from Overlook, showing (from right) Plattekill Mountain, Kaaterskill High Peak, and Blackhead Range
Northern Escarpment
Platte Clove, carved out of the Escarpment by glaciers