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Catskill Mountains

American  
[kats-kil] / ˈkæts kɪl /

plural noun

  1. a range of low mountains in E New York: resort area. Highest peak, Slide Mountain, 4,204 feet (1,281 meters).


Catskill Mountains British  
/ ˈkætskɪl /

plural noun

  1. Also called: Catskills.  a mountain range in SE New York State: resort. Highest peak: Slide Mountain, 1261 m (4204 ft)

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It was the end of May on the tumbling Beaverkill River in New York’s Catskill Mountains, and an annual ritual was under way.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

McCutcheon’s father attempts to control her by sending her to the Catskill Mountains.

From Slate May 27, 2024

After several informal hangouts at Somers’s Los Angeles home, Byrne and her collaborators regrouped in January 2022 at a cozy studio in New York’s Catskill Mountains.

From New York Times Jul. 3, 2023

After years splitting time between Long Island City and a cozy house in the Catskill Mountains that she purchased in 2008, the couple moved upstate permanently in 2018.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2022

After washing his face in the farm spring, he and Mole resumed their trek into the dense forests of the Catskill Mountains.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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