Tag: Catskills Mountains

  • Hiking Trails in the Catskills Mountains of New York

    Hiking Trails in the Catskills Mountains of New York

    Hiking is perhaps the most popular activity in the Catskills. The origin of many hiking trails in New York State have their roots in the Native American-made paths to various seasonal hunting grounds. Later, loggers with ponies pulled hemlocks out the Catskill forests to make tanning solution and bluestone quarriers dragged out huge slabs of…