The Burroughs Range is in the
Catskill Mountains
The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas c ...
of
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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southeast of
West Shokan. It consists of
Cornell Mountain
Cornell Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.
The mountain is part of the Burroughs Range of the Catskill Mountains.
Cornell Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Wittenberg Mountain, to the southwest by Friday Mountain, ...
,
Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills, and
Wittenberg Mountain
Wittenberg Mountain, locally "the Wittenberg," is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.
The mountain is part of the Burroughs Range of the Catskill Mountains.
Wittenberg is flanked to the southwest by Cornell Mountain and to the nort ...
. The
range
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Geography
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** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands
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was named for
John Burroughs
John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was ''Wake-Robin'' in 1871.
In the words of his bio ...
, a nature essayist whose forte was the observation of nature with accompanying poetical or philosophical commentary.
Romer Mountain
Romer Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Phoenicia. Sheridan Mountain
Sheridan Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north-northwest of Phoenicia
Phoenicia () ...
is located northeast and
Friday Mountain
Friday Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.
The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains.
Friday Mountain is flanked to the north by Cornell Mountain, and to the south by Balsam Cap.
The southeast side of Friday Moun ...
is located south of Burroughs Range.
References
Mountains of Ulster County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)
Mountain ranges of New York (state)
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