The Catskill and Adirondack Parks encompass almost 3 million acres of beautiful publicly managed land. However, the parks are a mix of public and private lands.
Public Lands
All of these peaks are on state/public lands and are free to hike on and enjoy. These include most of the Catskill 3500 peaks, Adirondack 46 peaks, and some of the peaks of both the highest hundred below the former mentioned.
On the public peaks we will provide routes, pictures, contact information and other important information.
Private Lands
Having said that, many of the top 100 peaks in both parks are currently in private holdings, especially in the Catskills.
This means that every hiker who wishes to climb or hike on these properties must gain permission from the landowner prior to entering the land.
With 3-million acres of wild places to explore in the Catskill and Adirondack parks alone we at Challenged Hiking have chosen not to hike any of the private Catskill 67 or The Other 54 in the Adirondacks that are privately owned.
This is a personal decision and we make no judgement on others decisions.
For the private peaks, knowing that many people may wish to explore these private (and wonderful) places we mention them and will provide basic information about the peaks.
What we will not provide is:
- Route suggestions
- Pictures
- Contact information
We will provide geeky stuff such as technical data on the mountain and a general topographic map. Also information on the guidebook(s) for the hike and other maps if avaliable.
Close Enough Rule on Private peaks
If you can get close to a summit without entering private land we will tell you that and may do the hike as a “close enough peak”. So you may wish to hike the peak, get close enough, and call it a mountain! We do this.
Owner Easement or “Common Knowledge Approval”
If owners have openly allowed the public, with permission, to hike the land (see Double Top or Graham) we will also add those peaks as climbs with detailed descriptions. On this list Cave and West Cave are examples.
The Peaks
| Public Mill Brook Ridge 3492 feet Dry Brook Ridge 3460 feet Woodpecker Ridge 3460 feet Olderbark Mountain 3440 feet Roundtop Mountain 3440 feet Huntersfield Mountain 3423 feet Belleayre Mountain 3420 feet St Anne’s Peak 3420 feet Stoppel Point 3420 feet South Bearpen Mountain 3410 feet Sleeping Lion Mountain 3408 feet Spruce Mountain 3380 feet Beaver Kill Range 3377 feet South Vly Mountain 3360 feet East Wildcat Mountain 3340 feet North Plattekill Mountain 3340 feet South Plattekill Mountain 3260 feet Willowemoc Mountain 3224 feet Richmond Mountain 3220 feet Mount Utsayantha 3214 feet High Falls Ridge 3211 feet Van Wyck Mountain 3206 feet Giant Ledge 3200 feet Burnt Knob 3180 feet Mongaup Mountain 3177 feet Cradle Rock Ridge 3160 feet West Wildcat Mountain 3160 feet Overlook Mountain 3140 feet Pine Island Mountain 3140 feet Cave Mountain 3110 feet Acra Point 3100 feet Barkaboom Mountain 3100 feet Packsaddle Mountain/Lexington Mountain 3100 feet Plattekill Mountain 3100 feet (Kaaterskill) West Stoppel Point 3100 feet Ashokan High Point 3080 feet Sand Pond Mountain 3062 feet Round Top 3060 feet Woodhull Mountain 3040 feet Little Rocky 3015 feet Silver Hollow/Edgewood 3000 feet East Gray Hill 2980 feet Meeker Hollow 2980 feet Red Hill 2980 feet | Private Mount Pisgah 3345 feet Shultice Mountain 3280 feet Winnisook Mountain 3260 feet (Close enough peak) NW Moresville Range 3240 feet Narrow Notch Mountain 3220 feet (Close enough peak) Onteora Mountain 3220 feet East Jewett Range 3140 feet White Man Mountain 3140 feet Red Kill Ridge 3110 feet Cowan Mountain 3100 feet Rose Mountain 3090 feet Churchill Mountain 3062 feet Irish Mountain 3060 feet Denman Mountain 3053 feet (Close enough peak) Montgomery Hollow 3040 feet SW Moresville Range 3040 feet West Cave 3040 feet (Close enough peak) Little Pisgah 3020 feet (Close enough peak) SE Warren 3020 feet Hubbell Hill 3000 feet (Close enough peak) Old Clump 3000 feet (Close enough peak) Hodge Pond |