Arkville is a
hamlet in the Town of
Middletown,
Delaware County,
New York, United States. It is located along
New York State Route 28, one mile north of the village of
Margaretville in the western
Catskill Mountains. It has the
ZIP code 12406.
Arkville is built either on or very close to the site of an old
Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historica ...
village called Pakatagkan.
The main office of the
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development is located in the Erpf House along Route 28. The hamlet straddles the
Catskill Park Blue Line, which moves from the former
Ulster and Delaware Railroad tracks to Dry Brook and then the
East Branch of the
Delaware River a short distance to the west.
Climate
This
climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Arkville has a
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
Climate Summary for Arkville, New York
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References
{{Delaware County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
Catskills
Hamlets in Delaware County, New York