There’s something special about a trail. The way they shortcut a corner, connect communties, lead to forts and hide-e-holes. Some have official names, associated maps, icons on kiosks. That sort of thing. Others are simply known as the “sneak route.”  Each represents an invitation to explore. To bring you someplace you want to go, but […]

Fifty-six years ago, the iconic Woodstock Music and Arts Fair opened on Max Yasgur’s sprawling dairy farm in Bethel Woods. When Brooklyn born Richie Havens took the stage at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 15, none of the nearly 500,000 people spread across the pasture knew they’d be writing history in Max’s yard.  Havens acoustic […]

Following Sullivan County’s Creative Pulse In Sullivan Catskills, creativity doesn’t live behind velvet ropes or under gallery lights—it flows in open-air markets, hums from old barns turned studios and drifts like fiddle notes across the Delaware River. Here, you don’t just shop for art; you step into the lives of the people who make it. […]

Some trips you plan down to the last mile. Others… well, they sort of happen to you. The Catskills have a way of turning a quick afternoon drive into an all-day wandering, especially when you let the curves of Sullivan County’s roads make the decisions. It’s the kind of place where the scenery convinces you […]

Scroll-stopping Beauty In Every Bite Admit it, a well framed Insta image of pints upon pints of fresh cherries, blueberries and grapes makes you slow your scroll. The same goes for an arc of fire-engine red tomatoes, especially when you can see a tear of fresh morning dew cascading toward the earthy linen it sits […]

Whether you’re the kind of person who’s constantly thinking about the next trip or the type who’s listening to a podcast in the passenger seat, planning for fun and relaxation is often neither fun, nor relaxing. But since you’re reading this, odds are that you are the cruise director in your crew or maybe you’re […]

Where Fly Fishing Lives Fly fishing in the Sullivan Catskills boasts a history as old as the sport itself. Its waters, the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Neversink, Callicoon and Monagaup Creeks, as well as the East, West and main branches of the Delaware River are legendary within the lore of anyone who’s tied a fly. Some even argue that […]

There are places that shimmer with nostalgia or dazzle with novelty. Then there’s Sullivan County, a place that doesn’t need to perform. It simply is. Rolling hills give way to river valleys. Conversations bloom on porches, not screens. Every curve in the road seems to hold a memory. It’s a county that invites you not […]

There’s a hush in the Catskills that settles into your bones—not the silence of absence, but of presence. A rustle in the trees that sounds like welcome. The glint of morning light off the river that feels like home. This is a place that doesn’t ask you to leave your life behind—it invites you to […]

Locals will be the first to tell you that fall in the Catskills is the real hiking season. There is simply nothing that can compare to the sublime experience of leaf peeping while peak bagging. It’s the sound of your favorite boots shuffling through fresh fallen leaves, the rich smell of a balsam-filled forest, and […]

As the last rays of daylight slip behind the ridgelines of the Sullivan Catskills and warm days fade into cool summer nights, something subtle yet profound begins to stir and the region comes alive in an entirely new way. The air takes on a buzzing energy, filled with anticipation and the soft chorus of night […]