The High Peaks
Peak Name | Alt. Feet | Alt. Meters | Comments |
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Slide Mountain | 4180 + | 1274 | |
Hunter Mountain | 4040 + | 1231 | |
Black Dome | 3980 + | 1213 | |
Thomas Cole | 3940 + | 1201 | named after painter Thomas Cole. |
Blackhead | 3940 + | 1201 | |
West Kill | 3880 + | 1183 | |
Graham Mountain | 3868 | 1179 | |
Doubletop Mountain | 3860 + | 1177 | |
Cornell Mountain | 3860 + | 1177 | |
Table Mountain | 3847 | 1173 | |
Peekamoose Mountain | 3843 | 1171 | |
Plateau Mountain | 3840 + | 1170 | |
Sugarloaf Mountain | 3800 + | 1158 | |
Wittenberg Mountain | 3780 + | 1152 | |
"Southwest Hunter" | 3740 + | 1140 | unofficial name |
Balsam Lake Mountain | 3723 | 1135 | |
Lone Mountain | 3721 | 1134 | |
Panther Mountain | 3720 + | 1134 | |
Big Indian Mountain | 3700 + | 1128 | |
Friday Mountain | 3694 | 1126 | |
Rusk Mountain | 3680 + | 1127 | |
Kaaterskill High Peak | 3655 | 1114 | |
Twin Mountain | 3640 + | 1109 | |
Balsam Cap | 3623 | 1104 | |
Fir Mountain | 3620 + | 1103 | |
North Dome | 3610 | 1100 | |
Eagle Mountain | 3600 + | 1097 | |
Balsam Mountain | 3600 + | 1097 | |
Bearpen Mountain | 3600 + | 1097 | shared name |
Indian Head | 3573 | 1089 | |
Sherrill Mountain | 3540 + | 1079 | |
Halcott Mountain | 3537 | 1078 | |
Vly Mountain | 3529 | 1076 | |
Windham High Peak | 3524 | 1074 | |
Rocky Mountain | 3508 | 1069 |
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- The name is currently unofficial. It refers to the peak that rises between Hunter and West Kill on the USGS Lexington quad
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- This refers not to "Bearpen Mountain" shown on the USGS Prattsville quad straddling the border between Delaware and Greene counties at 3,520 feet (1073 m), but rather the unnamed higher area approximately one-half mile (800 m) to the southeast in Greene County.
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