Devil's Path (Catskills)

The Devil's Path is a mountain range and hiking trail in the Greene County portion of New York's Catskill Mountains. The mountains commonly considered to be part of the Devil's Path are, from west to east, West Kill, Hunter, Plateau, Sugarloaf, Twin, and Indian Head.

The name comes from early settlers of the region, who believed the range's craggy cliffs were specially built by the devil so that he alone could climb them and occasionally retreat from the world of men. Today, they are famous for the deep gaps between them, which get lower in elevation as the mountains between them get higher when proceeding westward on the hiking trail.

The mountains and the land around them were acquired by the state as Forest Preserve and made part of the Catskill Park in the 1920s and 1930s. Today the area is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as the Indian Head Wilderness Area.^[1]

References

^ "Indian Head Wilderness". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 3, 2022.

External links

Catskill High Peaks hiking information (Catskill 3500 Club)

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[1] "Indian Head Wilderness". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 3, 2022.

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v t e The High Peaks of New York's Catskill Mountains
Northwest Catskills	Bearpen Vly Halcott
Blackhead Mountains	Black Dome Blackhead Thomas Cole
Other northeast Catskills	Kaaterskill High Peak Windham
Devil's Path	Hunter Southwest Hunter Indian Head Plateau Sugarloaf Twin West Kill
Other central Catskills	North Dome Rusk Sherrill
Southwest Catskills	Balsam Balsam Lake Big Indian Doubletop Eagle Fir Graham
Burroughs Range	Cornell Slide Wittenberg
Other southern Catskills	Balsam Cap Friday Lone Panther Peekamoose Rocky Table