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Food scene
Food is amazing. Michelin star rated chef and great cocktails. Plus atmosphere is a hip version of the classic Catskills mountain culture.
122 locals recommend
Deer Mountain Inn
790 Co Rd 25Food is amazing. Michelin star rated chef and great cocktails. Plus atmosphere is a hip version of the classic Catskills mountain culture.
Great food, great cocktails, special fireplace bar you can hang out in before dinner. Great for the Hudson experience.
82 locals recommend
Fish & Game
13 S 3rd StGreat food, great cocktails, special fireplace bar you can hang out in before dinner. Great for the Hudson experience.
Best local coffee solution. They also have food, beer, and donuts.
129 locals recommend
The Windham Local
5410 NY-23Best local coffee solution. They also have food, beer, and donuts.
This is an excellent lunch and coffee spot that you can visit as you go up the mountain from 87. It's right before Kaaterskill Falls. They have great sandwiches and sweets. Also specialty items like Kombucha etc.
113 locals recommend
Circle W Market
3328 NY-23AThis is an excellent lunch and coffee spot that you can visit as you go up the mountain from 87. It's right before Kaaterskill Falls. They have great sandwiches and sweets. Also specialty items like Kombucha etc.
Good breakfast place. Lots of cute touristy stuff you can buy. There's a small game park with goats and ponies for the kids.
105 locals recommend
Catskill Mountain Country Store - Windham
5510 NY-23Good breakfast place. Lots of cute touristy stuff you can buy. There's a small game park with goats and ponies for the kids.
Great Beer. German Food. Close to Hunter mountain.
105 locals recommend
Jagerberg Beer Hall and Tavern
7722 Main StGreat Beer. German Food. Close to Hunter mountain.
Beer and Fried Chicken. Great outdoor play area for kids.
214 locals recommend
Chicken Run Family Restaurant and Steak House
5639 NY-23Beer and Fried Chicken. Great outdoor play area for kids.
Best Fried Chicken in the area. Great place to stop when heading back to the city. Good selection of Beer on tap and full bar.
39 locals recommend
Barnwood
14 Deer LnBest Fried Chicken in the area. Great place to stop when heading back to the city. Good selection of Beer on tap and full bar.
Really good local flavor diner. Off the mountain but great for lunch. Selection of donuts, shakes and breakfast food.
121 locals recommend
Gracie's Luncheonette
969 Main StReally good local flavor diner. Off the mountain but great for lunch. Selection of donuts, shakes and breakfast food.
West Kill Brewing
2173 Spruceton RdGreat Brewery with Beer tasting.
This is part of Feather Ridge Farms. You can pick up some veggies and fresh eggs as well as lunch.
10 locals recommend
Bees Knees Cafe
989 Broome Center RdThis is part of Feather Ridge Farms. You can pick up some veggies and fresh eggs as well as lunch.
Somewhat fancier for this area. Popular with the locals on date night. Food is very good.
71 locals recommend
Bistro Brie & Bordeaux
5386 NY-23Somewhat fancier for this area. Popular with the locals on date night. Food is very good.
Pippy’s Food Truck
115 NY-23AReally fun place to get Hot Dogs.
This is a small but cool Saturday only local Farmers Market in Tannersville.
12 locals recommend
Fromer Market Gardens
6120 Main StThis is a small but cool Saturday only local Farmers Market in Tannersville.
Swimming & Water Sports
Best secret swimming place. If you go down to the roundabout and follow the trail down to the water there is a private ish swimming area. Its better than the beach area, deeper, cleaner, more secluded. Also great place for kayaking, canoeing, and Frisbee. We bike there frequently with the dog. Works for all ages.
41 locals recommend
C D Lane Park
281 Big Hollow RdBest secret swimming place. If you go down to the roundabout and follow the trail down to the water there is a private ish swimming area. Its better than the beach area, deeper, cleaner, more secluded. Also great place for kayaking, canoeing, and Frisbee. We bike there frequently with the dog. Works for all ages.
Highest standing waterfall in New York. This is now a common swimming area. Since a New York Times article came out it gets tons of traffic. There is a section called Fawn's Leap where people can dive and swim. Views are amazing.
668 locals recommend
Kaaterskill Falls
Highest standing waterfall in New York. This is now a common swimming area. Since a New York Times article came out it gets tons of traffic. There is a section called Fawn's Leap where people can dive and swim. Views are amazing.
These guys rent and guide you to float down the Esopus river. Fun in the summer sun.
153 locals recommend
Town Tinker Tube Rental
10 Bridge StThese guys rent and guide you to float down the Esopus river. Fun in the summer sun.
Nice for swimming, kayaking, canoeing. Less traveled than North South Lake. Good spot for a picnic and some swimming!
120 locals recommend
Colgate Lake
Nice for swimming, kayaking, canoeing. Less traveled than North South Lake. Good spot for a picnic and some swimming!
Ski Areas
Great skiing snow boarding. Avoid weekends where possible. Less tourists and bus tours.
892 locals recommend
Hunter Mountain
Great skiing snow boarding. Avoid weekends where possible. Less tourists and bus tours.
15 minutes from the house! I love this place. Easy access, family oriented, great snow making. They even have a sushi bar and ramen bar in high season.
515 locals recommend
Windham Mountain Resort
19 Resort Dr15 minutes from the house! I love this place. Easy access, family oriented, great snow making. They even have a sushi bar and ramen bar in high season.
Hiking
Nice Hike. Trailhead is 1.5 miles from our house. Just follow Big Hollow road to the end.
8 locals recommend
Black Dome
Nice Hike. Trailhead is 1.5 miles from our house. Just follow Big Hollow road to the end.
Great hike. 1.5 miles from the house. Just follow Big Hollow Road to the end and there's the trailhead.
21 locals recommend
Windham High Peak
Great hike. 1.5 miles from the house. Just follow Big Hollow Road to the end and there's the trailhead.
Mountain Top Arboretum
4 Maude Adams RdShort but fun hike along a small creek. Trail head is 1.5 miles from the house at the end of Big Hollow Road.
Burnt Knob
Short but fun hike along a small creek. Trail head is 1.5 miles from the house at the end of Big Hollow Road.
The 7-mile loop on this 3,573 ft. peak, with bouldering sections & waterfalls, draws expert hikers.
8 locals recommend
Indian Head Wilderness
The 7-mile loop on this 3,573 ft. peak, with bouldering sections & waterfalls, draws expert hikers.
The Devil's Path is a hiking trail in the Greene County section of the Catskill Mountains of New York, sometimes described as one of the more challenging trails in the New York Tri-state area
35 locals recommend
Devil's Path Trail
Prediger Trail Head RoadThe Devil's Path is a hiking trail in the Greene County section of the Catskill Mountains of New York, sometimes described as one of the more challenging trails in the New York Tri-state area
Movies
A blast from the past with cult favorite flicks. Run by another ex pat NYCer they generally screen cool old films. Flavor wise they have cocktails! Think NightHawk in Williamsburg but more Lo-Fi.
61 locals recommend
Greenville Drive In
10700 NY-32A blast from the past with cult favorite flicks. Run by another ex pat NYCer they generally screen cool old films. Flavor wise they have cocktails! Think NightHawk in Williamsburg but more Lo-Fi.
A small movie place but they usually have the big blockbusters. Kind of fun on a rainy day. Connected to a Carvel & Subway you can get a sugar fix too!
41 locals recommend
Windham Theatre
11 Vets RdA small movie place but they usually have the big blockbusters. Kind of fun on a rainy day. Connected to a Carvel & Subway you can get a sugar fix too!
Art
This is the home of the Hudson River School. A classic museum once owned by Frederic Church it houses much of his original artwork
350 locals recommend
Olana State Historic Site
Olana State Historic SiteThis is the home of the Hudson River School. A classic museum once owned by Frederic Church it houses much of his original artwork
The Orpheum Performing Arts Center
6050 Main StSightseeing
As the town has its own train stop it's as if you relocated parts of Brooklyn. Antiquing, amazing restaurants, specialty food stores, its got it all! Really worth a visit
442 locals recommend
Hudson
As the town has its own train stop it's as if you relocated parts of Brooklyn. Antiquing, amazing restaurants, specialty food stores, its got it all! Really worth a visit