Map of the Catskills
The whole Catskills on real terrain, from our satellite elevation model — the full arc masked to the range’s mapped boundary, with 4 of its great peaks pinned (each labelled with its surveyed height). Slide Mountain tops them all at 4,180 ft (1,274 m). Drag to spin it (two-finger to orbit on mobile).
Where are the Catskills?
The Catskills lie entirely within the United States. The area below is this page’s own measurement — the range boundary intersected with the outline of the United States, by true (geodesic) area.
| Country | Share of range | Area |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 100.0% | 1,654 mi² (4,283 km²) |
Range boundary: GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent). Country outlines: geoBoundaries ADM0. Computed range area 4,283 km² — within about 1% of GMBA’s published 4,288 km².
The highest peak: Slide Mountain
The highest point of the Catskills is Slide Mountain, at 4,180 ft (1,274 m).
Zooming to the roof of the range — a fine ~64 m model of the Slide Mountain massif.
Great peaks of the Catskills
A curated selection — the highest Catskill summits, chosen for fame and spread rather than by a strict height cutoff. Each is pinned on the map above; the heights here are the surveyed figures.
| Peak | Elevation | Country | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountainhighest | 4,180 ft (1,274 m) | Ulster Co., New York | Highest peak in the Catskills |
| Hunter Mountain | 4,039 ft (1,231 m) | Greene Co., New York | Second-highest; well-known ski area |
| Blackhead | 3,940 ft (1,201 m) | Greene Co., New York | High summit of the Blackhead Range / Escarpment |
| Kaaterskill High Peak | 3,655 ft (1,114 m) | Greene Co., New York | A classic Hudson River School vista |
Relief and elevation range
Across the mapped range the land runs from about 325 ft (99 m) on the valley floors to 4,150 ft (1,265 m) at the highest ground — a vertical range of 3,825 ft (1,166 m), which puts the Catskills in the moderate-relief class. The mean elevation is 1,962 ft (598 m) and the median 1,972 ft (601 m); the two sitting close together says the height is spread broadly across the range, not concentrated in a few peaks over otherwise low ground.
The distribution above is the share of the range’s area at each elevation, computed from the same satellite model as the maps. It reads the Catskills as a true massif — a large area held high — rather than a thin crest.
Catskills FAQ
- How many countries do the Catskills cross?
- The Catskills lie entirely within the United States — a single country.
- How were the Catskills formed?
- The Catskills are not truly folded mountains but a deeply dissected plateau — a thick pile of ancient sediment cut by streams into steep peaks and cloves on the northeastern edge of the Appalachians.
- Is Slide Mountain the highest peak in the Catskills?
- Yes. Slide Mountain, at 4,180 ft (1,274 m), is the highest point anywhere in the Catskills. The next-highest of the peaks pinned here, Hunter Mountain, is about 141 ft (43 m) lower.
Related ranges
More of the world’s mountains, rendered the same way — explore other ranges in 3D.
- Appalachians↑ Mount Mitchell, 6,683 ft (2,037 m)
- Adirondacks↑ Mount Marcy, 5,344 ft (1,629 m)
- White Mountains↑ Mount Washington, 6,289 ft (1,917 m)
- Blue Ridge MountainsMean 2,661 ft (811 m)
- Great Smoky Mountains↑ Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome), 6,644 ft (2,025 m)
- Ozarks↑ Turner Ward Knob, 2,454 ft (748 m)
Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (ESA), sampled over the range and masked to its boundary. The range boundary is the GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent; Snethlage et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Country outlines from geoBoundaries. Every figure on this page is computed from these sources; the surveyed Slide Mountain height is the one exception, cited above. See the methodology. Data as of 2026-08-22.