Catskill 100 Public Peaks
Created, compiled and researched by Margaret McGrath based on work by Mark Schaefer
Part of the allure and charm of hiking in the Catskills is that much of the park has no trails and is still in a "wild" state. Hiking the hills and valleys which must be bushwhacked is a thrill some cannot resist. The freedom that this allows is exhilarating. As long as private property rights are observed and hikers have a respect for the natural environment all is well.
Some people like to hike to complete lists and find this an added motivation. Many people have completed the Catskill 35 list and the Winter 35 list. For those people looking for a new challenge, Mark Schaefer created a list of the hundred highest peaks in the Catskills. This list contains many peaks on private property and that means hikers must contact the owners for permission. Now that more people are hiking, many owners are reluctant to give permission, Also, many hikers simply don't want to bother the land owners to obtain permission. This is why Margaret McGrath modified the list by removing peaks on private property and substituting other peaks on public land.
All of the peaks listed below are on public lands but hikers should be careful and plan an approach that is also on public land.
Comments and Criteria for the Challenge
All 100 peaks on one Google Map Working with ACME Maps
Key to the code which follows the rank and elevation:
T = Maintained Trail
R = Rough road
B = Bushwhack
Rank | Name | Elevation | Quadrant | Access | Acme | Lat-Long |
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1 | Slide | 4184 | Peekamoose | T | N41.9986 W74.3867 | |
2 | Hunter | 4030 | Hunter | T | N42.1776 W74.2308 | |
3 | Black Dome | 3994 | Freehold | T | N42.2700 W74.1231 | |
4 | Thomas Cole | 3953 | Hensonville | T | N42.2708 W74.1369 | |
5 | Blackhead | 3940 | Freehold | T | N42.2678 W74.1050 | |
6 | West Kill | 3898 | Lexington | T | N41.1678 W74.2900 | |
7 | Cornell | 3857 | Phoenicia | T | N42.0014 W74.3572 | |
8 | Plateau | 3835 | Hunter | T | N42.1380 W74.1747 | |
9 | Table | 3825 | Peekamoose | T | N41.9586 W74.4053 | |
10 | Peekamoose | 3819 | Peekamoose | T | N41.9531 W74.3986 | |
11 | Sugarloaf | 3783 | Hunter | T | N42.1311 W74.1506 | |
12 | Wittenberg | 3782 | Phoenicia | T | N42.0081 W74.3478 | |
13 | Southwest Hunter (Leavitt) | 3753 | Hunter | T/B | N42.1625 W74.2439 | |
14 | Balsam Lake | 3729 | Seager | T | N42.0458 W74.5944 | |
15 | Panther | 3724 | Shandaken | T | N42.0564 W74.3950 | |
16 | Lone | 3700 | Peekamoose | T/B | N41.9692 W74.3897 | |
17 | Big Indian | 3699 | Shandaken | T/B | N42.0350 W74.4969 | |
18 | Friday | 3692 | West Shokan | B | N41.9875 W74.3625 | |
19 | Rusk | 3686 | Lexington | T/B | N42.2006 W74.2775 | |
20 | Kaaterskill High Peak | 3652 | Kaaterskill | T/B | N42.1619 W74.0806 | |
21 | Twin | 3650 | Hunter | T | N42.1256 W74.1294 | |
22 | Fir | 3629 | Shandaken | T/B | N42.0275 W74.4694 | |
23 | Balsam Cap | 3608 | West Shokan | B | N41.9769 W74.3578 | |
24 | Balsam | 3607 | Shandaken | T | N42.0908 W74.4886 | |
25 | North Dome | 3605 | Lexington | B | N42.1733 W74.3494 | |
26 | Bearpen | 3587 | Prattsville | T | N42.2652 W74.4741 | |
27 | Eagle | 3583 | Seager | T | N42.0619 W74.5097 | |
28 | Indian Head | 3573 | Woodstock | T | N42.1161 W74.1150 | |
29 | Sherrill | 3558 | Lexington | B | N42.1756 W74.3733 | |
30 | Vly | 3541 | West Kill | T/B | N42.2453 W74.4464 | |
31 | Windham High Peak | 3525 | Hensonville | T | N42.3147 W74.1439 | |
32 | Halcott | 3509 | West Kill | B | N42.1800 W74.4383 | |
33 | Rocky | 3487 | West Shokan | T/B | N41.9728 W74.3731 | |
34 | Dry Brook Ridge | 3465 | Seager | T/B | N42.1130 W74.6045 | |
34 | Mill Brook Ridge | 3465 | Arena | T | N42.0525 W74.6333 | |
36 | Roundtop Mtn | 3464 | Kaaterskill | B | N42.1683 W74.0950 | |
37 | Olderbark Mtn | 3463 | Bearsville | B | N42.1142 W74.1910 | |
38 | Roundtop | 3453 | Prattsville | B | N42.2939 W74.4908 | |
39 | Woodpecker Ridge | 3435 | Seager | B | N42.0400 W74.6176 | |
40 | Belleayre Mtn | 3424 | Fleischmanns | T | N42.1285 W74.5195 | |
41 | Huntersfield Mtn | 3423 | Ashland | T | N42.3556 W74.3467 | |
41 | St. Anne's Peak | 3423 | Lexington | T | N42.1714 W74.3207 | |
43 | Stoppel Point | 3420 | Kaaterskill | T | N42.2250 W74.0656 | |
44 | SouthWest Bearpen | 3395 | Westkill | B | N 42.24238 W 74.49990 | |
45 | Sleeping Lion | 3391 | Westkill | B | N42.1974 W74.4171 | |
46 | Spruce Mtn | 3384 | Shandaken | B | N42.0175 W74.4503 | |
47 | Beaver Kill Range | 3376 | Claryville | B | N41.9937 W74.5914 | |
48 | S Vly | 3356 | Westkill | B | N42.2291 W74.4388 | |
49 | E Wildcat | 3347 | Peekamoose | B | N 41.98766 W 74.44104 | |
50 | Plattekill Mtn (S Plattekill) | 3260 | Hobart | B | N42.2663 W74.6486 | |
51 | Richmond Mtn | 3226 | Ashland | B | N42.3674 W74.2712 | |
52 | Willowemoc | 3220 | Willowemoc | T/B | N41.9902 W74.6288 | |
53 | Utsayantha Mtn | 3214 | Stamford | R | N42.3990 W74.5900 | |
53 | Giant Ledge | 3214 | Shandaken | T/B | N42.0400 W74.3955 | |
55 | High Falls Ridge | 3206 | Claryville | B | N41.9920 W74.5456 | |
55 | Van Wyck Mtn | 3206 | Peekamoose | B | N41.9520 W74.4360 | |
57 | Burnt Knob | 3177 | Freehold | T/B | N42.3020 W74.1195 | |
58 | Mongaup Mtn | 3174 | Willowemoc | B | N41.9936 W74.700 | |
59 | W Wildcat | 3160 | Peekamoose | B | N41.97750 W74.47639 | |
60 | Cradle Rock Ridge | 3157 | Arena | B | N42.0368 W74.6620 | |
61 | Pine Island Mtn | 3146 | Lexington | B | N42.2201 W74.3329 | |
62 | Overlook Mtn | 3140 | Woodstock | T | N42.0850 W74.0935 | |
63 | W Stoppel Point | 3118 | Kaaterskill | B | N 42.22420 W 74.10000 | |
64 | Barkaboom Mtn | 3117 | Arena | B | N42.0617 W74.7026 | |
65 | Plattekill Mtn | 3106 | Woodstock | B | N42.1072 W74.0869 | |
66 | Packsaddle | 3100 | Lexington | B | N42.2177 W74.3590 | |
67 | Acra Point | 3098 | Freehold | T | N42.2964 W74.1003 | |
68 | Ashokan High Point | 3086 | West Shokan | T | N41.9245 W74.2880 | |
69 | Round Top | 3060 | Hobart | B | N42.2714 W74.6836 | |
70 | Sand Pond | 3057 | Willowemoc | T/B | N41.9852 W74.6488 | |
71 | Southeast Little Rocky | 3024 | West Shokan | B | N41.91456 W74.32389 | |
72 | Silver Hollow (Edgewood) | 2988 | Bearsville | T | N42.1227 W74.2276 | |
73 | Hodge Pond Mt | 2984 | Willowemoc | B | N41.9810 W74.7320 | |
74 | E Gray Hill | 2980 | Roxbury | B | N42.3115 W74.6186 | |
75 | Meeker Hollow | 2980 | Hobart | B | N42.2936 W74.6385 | |
76 | Red Hill | 2979 | Claryville | T | N41.9242 W74.5181 | |
77 | Cabot Mtn | 2976 | Lewbeach | T | N42.0531 W74.7616 | |
78 | Middle Mtn | 2965 | Lewbeach | T | N42.0401 W74.7955 | |
79 | E Mary Smith Hill | 2941 | Lewbeach | T/B | N42.03281 W74.81981 | |
80 | Mt Hayden | 2932 | Hensonville | T/B | N 42.35856 W 74.21894 | |
81 | Hardscrabble | 2920 | Roxbury | B | N42.33930 W74.57690 | |
82 | Hirams Knob | 2900 | Seager | B | N42.09780 W74.54160 | |
83 | S Twin | 2892 | Bearsville | B | N42.10260 W74.13760 | |
84 | S Sherrill | 2886 | West Kill | B | N42.15141 W74.39062 | |
85 | Samuels Point | 2880 | West Shokan | B | N41.99882 W74.30938 | |
86 | Carl Mtn | 2870 | Bearsville | T/B | N 42.09579 W 74.24857 | |
87 | W Warren | 2863 | Hobart | B | N42.3145 W74.7285 | |
88 | South Mtn | 2856 | West Kill | B | N42.1818 W74.4783 | |
89 | Turnwood | 2840 | Arena | B | N42.0139 W74.7237 | |
90 | Huckleberry Ridge | 2832 | Arena | T/B | N42.09808 W74.62645 | |
91 | Samson Mtn | 2825 | Peekamoose Mt | B | N 41.91028 W 74.40278 | |
92 | Bramley Mtn | 2817 | Bloomville | T | N42.2972 W74.8182 | |
93 | Ginseng Mtn | 2805 | Hensonville | T | N42.3411 W74.1955 | |
94 | Hoyt Hollow | 2804 | Phoenicia | T/B | N42.08535 W74.26098 | |
95 | Mt Pleasant | 2800 | Phoenicia | T/B | N42.03400 W74.30845 | |
96 | S Broadstreet Hollow | 2784 | Phoenicia | B | N42.12460 W74.32590 | |
97 | Touchmenot Mtn | 2766 | Arena | T | N42.04790 W74.74100 | |
98 | Brock Mtn | 2763 | Downsville | T | N42.04350 W74.89680 | |
99 | W Huckleberry Ridge | 2749 | Arena | T/B | N42.10701 W74.67555 | |
100 | Tremper Mtn | 2730 | Phoenicia | T | N42.07444 W74.27861 |