Welcome to the Dove Trail
Follow art with wings
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In a county with an artistic, cultural and peace-loving history, the Dove Trail brings all three outdoors. Eighty-five hand-painted fiberglass doves, each about five feet tall, perch on lawns, porches and Main Streets across the Sullivan Catskills, inviting you to explore the county one dove at a time.
The Trail began as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock Music & Art Fair, the three days of Peace, Love and Music that brought nearly 500,000 people to Bethel in 1969. Rather than plan a single anniversary event, the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association commissioned local artists to paint a fleet of doves as a lasting, county-wide symbol of peace. The first one landed at Bethel Woods, on the actual grounds of the festival. From there, local businesses, towns and organizations volunteered homes for the rest.
What started as a few dozen doves has grown to 85, spread across an estimated 120 to 150 miles of the Sullivan Catskills. Some were painted by professional artists, others by students, families and community groups. No two are alike, and each one has a story behind it.
How to Use This Guide
The doves are grouped below into eight stretches that follow a loop suggested by the SCVA team: start in Liberty, head west through Roscoe, Callicoon and Bethel, continue south through Monticello and Wurtsboro, then loop back north through Fallsburg and Grahamsville to Liberty. Run the whole loop over a weekend, take one leg at a time, or just chase down the doves nearest wherever you’re staying.
Some doves live at working businesses, private homes and seasonal venues. Please respect posted hours and confirm access before making a special trip to a business address.
A handful of doves are under maintenance, under construction or not yet released. They’re included below and flagged accordingly so the list stays complete, but they may not be viewable in person yet.
Shaded boxes marked SPOTLIGHT call out the doves with a story behind them, gathered from artist interviews and SCVA’s own materials. Not every dove has one yet; more will land as we hear back from the remaining artists.
Meet Three Dove Trail Artists
Kim Simons has painted more doves than any other Trail artist, 16 in all, work that’s also earned her a spot on Cake Toppers on Hulu. Her doves are spread across nearly every region of this guide:
- Hector’s Inn (#3)
- Maurice Gerry (#10)
- Village of Liberty (#11)
- Roscoe Beer Company (#22)
- Butternut Grove Campsite (#77)
- Annie’s Ruff Cut (#55)
- Village of Wurtsboro (#40)
- White Lake Homes (#51)
- Happy Days Campground (#60)
- Animal Hospital of Sullivan County (#61)
- Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (#65)
- Prestige Towing (#73)
- Parksville Community (#78)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension (#80)
- Lavender Sky Farms (#79)
- Neversink Agricultural Society (#54)
Her first was the dove at Hector’s Inn, inspired by Woodstock’s psychedelic spirit and painted early in the Trail’s history; that one took about three weeks, though she says timing really depends on the piece. Of everywhere her doves have landed since, the one at Bethel Woods (#1) is the one she loves talking about most.
Kim Simons — cakesbykimsimons.com, kame4@hotmail.com
Deborah Fisher Palmarini, known around the county as Debbie Fisher, is a musician herself, which is part of why the Dove Trail appealed to her in the first place. Her two doves sit in very different spots: Swan Lake Park (#9), donated to the Town of Swan Lake and featuring a neon driftwood nest design, and Family Foot Care & Chick E Ribs BBQ (#76), designed to represent both businesses sharing that space. She’s made a point of doing something a little different with each piece, always working to capture Woodstock’s spirit and honor the place each dove calls home.
Debbie Fisher (Deborah Fisher Palmarini) — dpalmarini@hvc.rr.com
Dove #85, at Arrowhead Ranch & growingSOUL, is the Trail’s legacy dove: arranged by Jessica Weiss to sit at the very end of the loop and close out this salute to the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Artist Hope Blecher Croney split the design to honor two organizations at once, growingSOUL, Jessica Weiss’s nonprofit rooted in social justice and food security, and Arrowhead Ranch and Retreat, Rose Barnett’s Parksville property with musical roots stretching from Bill Graham to Phish.
growingSOUL’s symbols and a “’69” built from red apples cover one side; Hope wove her own touches into the spine, tail and chest, including shooting stars for The Little Prince, daffodils for the International Daffodil Project, and flowers shaped like 45 record inserts, made using actual discs borrowed from WJFF Radio Catskill’s Jason Dole.
She sourced UV-resistant paint from Nova Color and had the piece sealed locally by Thalmann’s Service Center, a process that stretched over several months as she and her two co-sponsors worked out the design together. The wooden base is still bare for now; Jessica is planning to fill it in later with visitor-suggested, finger-painted touches.
Dr. Hope Blecher Croney, artist and nonprofit founder — HopesCompass.org
Every Dove & Where to Find Them
All 85 doves, grouped into the loop described above. SPOTLIGHT boxes highlight the doves with a known story.
Liberty, Parksville & Ferndale
Kick things off in Liberty, home base for the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association and the most dove-dense stretch on the whole Trail.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Village of Liberty 120 North Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754 | Kim Simons |
| 17 | Town of Liberty 38 Main Street, Parksville, NY 12768 | Lindsey Jardine |
| 49 | Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association 15 Sullivan Avenue, Liberty, NY 12754 | Mikey Randels |
| 50 | Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association 15 Sullivan Avenue, Liberty, NY 12754 | Mikey Randels & Keith Phillips |
| 56 | WJFF Radio Catskill 2758 NY-52, Liberty, NY 12754 | Christi Johnson |
| 58 | White Sulphur Springs (on behalf of the Town of Liberty) Route 52 / Eggler Road, Liberty, NY 12754 | Kath Johansen & Andralyn Lagattuta |
| 62 | Arthur’s Acres Animal Sanctuary 89 Ahrens Road, Parksville, NY 12768 | Allison Luci |
| 73 | Prestige Towing 7 Sullivan Avenue, Liberty, NY 12754 | Kim Simons |
| 74 | Thalmann’s Service Center 188 Swan Lake Road, Liberty, NY 12754 | Lindsey Jardine |
| 76 | Family Foot Care & Chick E Ribs BBQ 1987 NY-52, Liberty, NY 12754 | Deborah Fisher Palmarini |
| 78 | Parksville Community 12 Short Avenue, Liberty, NY 12754 | Kim Simons |
| 80 | Cornell Cooperative Extension, Sullivan County 64 Ferndale Loomis Road, Liberty, NY 12754 | Kim Simons |
| 82 | Achieve Rehab & Nursing Facility 170 Lake Street, Liberty, NY 12768 | Kayli Hussey & Lorie Scott |
| 85 | Arrowhead Ranch & growingSOUL 487 Cooley Road, Parksville, NY 12768 | Hope Blecher Croney |
| 10 | Maurice Gerry 9 Ferndale Road, Ferndale, NY 12734 | Kim Simons |
| 61 | Animal Hospital of Sullivan County 667 Harris Road, Ferndale, NY 12734 | Kim Simons |
SPOTLIGHT#
#61 Animal Hospital of Sullivan County
Unofficially, this is the SCVA team’s own favorite dove on the whole Trail, painted by Kim Simons.
#76 Family Foot Care & Chick E Ribs BBQ
Painted by Debbie Fisher as a dual-venue dove, designed to represent both businesses sharing the space.
Livingston Manor, Roscoe & De Bruce
Cast youselves into Trout Town USA and its neighboring hamlets, where fly rods and fine art share the same Main Street.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Town of Rockland, Hamlet of Livingston Manor 13 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 | Valerie Taggart |
| 19 | Catskill Brewery 672 Old Route 17, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 | Robin Nervegna |
| 59 | The Rose Cottage in De Bruce 1200 De Bruce Road, De Bruce, NY 12758 | M.E. Kocher & Mek Art Studio |
| 63 | The Arnold House 839 Shandelee Road, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 | Lindsey Jardine |
| 20 | Town of Rockland, Hamlet of Roscoe 1978 Old Route 17, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Roger Baker |
| 21 | Do Good Spirits 10 Union Street, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Philip Yarnall |
| 22 | Roscoe Beer Company 145 Rockland Road, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Jennifer Bull & Kim Simons |
| 23 | Roscoe Campsite Park 2179 Old Route 17, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Keith Phillips |
| 24 | Buck Brook Alpacas 12 Bestenheider Road, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Diane Hess |
| 77 | Butternut Grove Campsite 8420 County Road 1, Roscoe, NY 12776 | Kim Simons |
| 84 | Roscoe Mountain Club Roscoe, NY 12776 Under construction, dove coming soon | A determinar |
Callicoon, Jeffersonville & the Upper Delaware
Drift along the Delaware River, through Callicoon’s shops, Narrowsburg’s overlooks and the quiet river towns beyond.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gardner & Co General Store, on behalf of Stray Cat Gallery 131 County Route 121, Hortonville, NY 12745 | Kim Flynn |
| 26 | Town of Delaware, Hamlet of Callicoon 36 Lower Main Street, Callicoon, NY 12723 | Mikey Randels |
| 27 | Village of Jeffersonville, Town of Callicoon 4869 State Route 52, Jeffersonville, NY 12748 | Robin Nervegna |
| 28 | Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center 356 Villa Roma Road, Callicoon, NY 12723 | Anna Marie Prono, Joel Peterson & Kaylan Cemelli |
| 52 | The Cabin at Hessinger-Lare495 Hessinger Lare Road, Jeffersonville, NY 12748 | Denise Cummings |
| 57 | Callicoon Hills 1 Hills Resort Road, Callicoon Center, NY 12724 | Lara Masterson |
| 66 | Earth Girl Flowers 60 County Road 122, North Branch, NY 12766 | Jill Weiner & Lara Masterson |
| 29 | Town of Cochecton 1166 County Road 114, Cochecton, NY 12726 | Juan Rigal |
| 30 | Cochecton Fire Station 54 County Road 114 (second parking lot), Cochecton, NY 12726 | Andre Shank |
| 55 | Annie’s Ruff Cut 90 Forman Road, Cochecton, NY 12726 | Kim Simons |
| 31 | Town of Tusten7 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg, NY 12764 | Brandi Merolla |
| 32 | Lander’s River Trips 69 De Mauro Lane, Narrowsburg, NY 12764 | Mikey Randels |
| 70 | Eagle Valley Realty 6569 NY-97, Narrowsburg, NY 12764 | Brandi Merolla |
| 33 | Town of Highland 4 Proctor Road, Eldred, NY 12732 | Catherine Four |
| 53 | The Eldred Preserve 1040 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732 | Keith Phillips |
| 75 | Shrewd Fox Brewery 552 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732 | Catherine Four |
| 34 | Catskill Mountains Resort 211 Mail Road, Barryville, NY 12719 Currently under maintenance, will return to the flock soon | Todd Anderson |
| 69 | Rent My Escape 3512 State Route 97, Barryville, NY 12719 | Catherine Four |
| 25 | Town of Fremont 23 Railroad Avenue (Rt. 97), Long Eddy, NY 12760 | Pio Deroda & Bill Polyn |
| 35 | Town of Lumberland 1025 Proctor Road, Glen Spey, NY 12737 | Todd Anderson |
| 67 | Burn Brae Mansion 573 High Road, Glen Spey, NY 12737 | Tracie Hickman |
| 68 | Kadampa Meditation Center 47 Sweeney Road, Glen Spey, NY 12737 | Zoe Greenbaum |
SPOTLIGHT
#26 Town of Delaware, Hamlet of Callicoon
Painted by Mikey Randels, known around the Trail as “the Dove Dude.” Randels also helped paint the three-mile “Wall of Peace” at the 1999 Woodstock anniversary festival.
Bethel, White Lake & Swan Lake
Make pilgrimmage to where it all began. Bethel Woods sits on the actual grounds of the 1969 festival, and it’s home to dove number one.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, NY 12720 | Susan Pantaleone & Staff |
| 3 | Hector’s Inn 8 Duggan Road, Bethel, NY 12720 | Kim Simons |
| 51 | White Lake Homes 4180 West Shore, Bethel, NY 12749 | Kim Simons |
| 60 | Happy Days Campground 454 Horseshoe Lake Road, Bethel, NY 12783 | Kim Simons |
| 4 | Town of Bethel, Town Hall 3454 State Route 55, White Lake, NY 12786 | Stephany Lopez |
| 5 | Town of Bethel, The Woodstock Way / Pine Grove Road 10 Waldheim Road, White Lake, NY 12786 | Jessica Mall |
| 7 | Laughing Ladies Antiques 1095 State Route 17B, Mongaup Valley, NY 12762 | Blake Hays & Ben Lebel |
| 8 | Sullivan County International Airport 57 County Road 183A, Swan Lake, NY 12783 | Terri Ward |
| 9 | Swan Lake Park (on behalf of Casa Di Longobardi) 1658 Briscoe Road, Swan Lake, NY 12783 | Deborah Fisher Palmarini |
| 71 | The Domes at Catskills 334 Kelly Bridge Road, Swan Lake, NY 12783 | Keith Phillips |
| 79 | Lavender Sky Farms 413 Horseshoe Lake Road, Swan Lake, NY 12783 | Kim Simons |
| 83 | Smallwood Community Smallwood, NYUnder construction, dove coming soon | Mary Fellows |
SPOTLIGHT
#1 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
The first dove placed on the Trail, fittingly located on the actual grounds of the original 1969 festival.
#3 Hector’s InnKim Simons’ first dove on the Trail, inspired by Woodstock’s psychedelic spirit. It took about three weeks to paint.
#9 Swan Lake ParkDonated to the Town of Swan Lake. It’s Debbie Fisher’s most recent dove, featuring a neon driftwood nest design.
Monticello, Thompson & Harris
Explore the county seat and its surrounding hamlets bring civic pride, resort glam and neighborly charm to the Trail.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Garnet Health Medical Center, Catskills 68 Harris Bushville Road, Harris, NY 12742 | Jennifer Bull |
| 43 | Village of Monticello 479 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701 | Kim Flynn |
| 44 | Sullivan County Government Center 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701 | Terri Ward |
| 45 | Resorts World Catskills 888 Resorts World Drive, Monticello, NY 12701 | Mikey Randels |
| 46 | The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark 555 Resorts World Drive, Monticello, NY 12701 | TCFD: Charlie Blume, Chris Kilgore, Mark McNamara, Christine Record, Yaritza Rivera, Emma Stokes & Students |
| 64 | NAMI Sullivan County 20 Crystal Street, Monticello, NY 12701 | William Edward Bentley |
| 72 | Town of Thompson, Thompson Town Hall 4052 State Route 42, Monticello, NY 12701 | Laurie Kilgore |
| 81 | Unique Escapes 17 Gartner Road, Monticello, NY 12701Not yet released | Maria Hincapie |
| 47 | Town of Thompson, Hamlet of Rock Hill 23 Rock Hill Drive, Rock Hill, NY 12775 | Laurie Kilgore |
| 48 | Town of Thompson, Collins Memorial Park 47 Kitz Road, Mongaup Valley, NY 12762 | Laurie Kilgore |
Wurtsboro, Mamakating & Bloomingburg
Dive into canal history and small-town color mark this stretch, with two doves waiting in the Village of Wurtsboro alone.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Quickway Diner 68 State Route 17K, Bloomingburg, NY 12721 | Gaby, Creekside Art Company |
| 39 | Town of Mamakating 2948 State Route 209, Wurtsboro, NY 12790 | Stephen Erny |
| 40 | Village of Wurtsboro 134 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, NY 12790 | Kim Simons |
| 41 | Canal Towne Emporium 107 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, NY 12790 | Gary Eckhart |
| 42 | Village of Woodridge 22 Green Avenue, Woodridge, NY 12789 | Bob Clark, Gemini Graphx |
| 36 | Forestburgh Playhouse 39 Forestburgh Road, Forestburgh, NY 12777 | Keith Phillips |
| 37 | Town of Forestburgh 2846 State Route 42, Forestburgh, NY 12777 | Brenda Sywalski |
Fallsburg, Hurleyville & Loch Sheldrake
Watch arts and education take center stage here, with local students and community groups lending their own brushes to the Trail.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Town of Fallsburg 11 Morningside Park Road, Hurleyville, NY 12747 Currently under maintenance, will return to the flock soon | Carol Smith |
| 14 | The Center for Discovery 218 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 | Charlie Blume, Chris Kilgore, Mark McNamara, Christine Record, Yaritza Rivera, Emma Stokes & TCFD Students |
| 15 | SUNY Sullivan 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759 | Computer Graphics, Graphic Design & BOCES Auto Body Students |
| 65 | Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop 5243 Main Street, South Fallsburg, NY 12779 | Kim Simons |
Neversink & Grahamsville
Find these two doves in the farm country of Neversink and Grahamsville, where a fair, a museum and a reservoir hold generations of local history.
| No. | Dove & Location | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Town of Neversink 273 Main Street, Grahamsville, NY 12740 | Margaret & Chris Helthaler |
| 54 | Neversink Agricultural Society, Grahamsville Fair 8230 State Route 55, Neversink, NY | Kim Simons |