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Northwest Catskills

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Bearpen Mountain (3600+ ft/1097+ m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	New York
Area	2,300 sq mi / 5,956 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	72 mi / 115 km North-South 72 mi / 115 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	42° 27' N; 74° 57' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northwest Catskills
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northwest Catskills.

Catskill Mountains	Level 4 (Parent)
Northwest Catskills	Level 5
Northern Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southwest Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northwest Catskills

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Bearpen Mountain	3600+	1097+
2.	Vly Mountain	3529	1076
3.	Halcott Mountain	3520+	1073+
4.	Roundtop	3440+	1049+
5.	South Bearpen	3400+	1036+
6.	South Vly Mountain	3360+	1024+
7.	Mount Pisgah	3345	1020
8.	Platekill Mountain Northwest	3340+	1018+
9.	Shultice Mountain	3280+	1000+
10.	Plattekill Mountain	3260+	994+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Northwest Catskills

Bearpen Mountain One view from the Bearpen summit (2015-11-15). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.	Halcott Mountain Catskill #26/39 (2018-09-20). Photo by Jillian Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bearpen Mountain-Northwest Peak Bearpen Mtn. from start of Ski Run snowmobile trail (2019-10-14). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Utsayantha Mountain View south from the summit of Utsayantha Mountain (2020-03-22). Photo by Douglas Fortman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Rose Mountain View South from just off the summit of Halcott. Rose Mountain filling the foreground; in the back from right to left are Balsam, Fir, Spruce, Hemlock, Winnisook, Panther, and the Burroughs Range. Last-minute hikes are often the best hikes! (2021-03-07). Photo by Marvin Warren. Click here for larger-size photo.	Meeker Hollow Peak Summit Ridge to the northeast (2017-02-11). Photo by Jean André Laverdure. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cornish Hill Cornish Hill Witness Post (2020-11-20). Photo by Jean André Laverdure. Click here for larger-size photo.	Slawson Benchmark The sideways block with the Slawson Benchmark inset. Beech trees shroud the benchmark somewhat (2020-09-14). Photo by Adam Palmer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Vromans Nose Looking West at Vromans Nose from the Schohaire Valley floor just south of Middleburgh (2014-04-06). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.

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