Catskill Summer Things Review

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Catskill Summer Things ReviewPete Senterman's book shows that he's well acquainted with the area's peaks, trails, rivers and lakes, and he shares that knowledge with the reader wishing to sample the Catskills experience. It serves as a good quality introduction to what the Catskills has to offer the outdoorsman. There are plenty of activities here to keep somebody busy for at least one or two summer seasons.
The book covers a good variety of venues, ranging from family walks, day hikes and bicycling excursions to adventures on the water. There are succinct black and white, pen and ink maps that show the roads, trails, streams and lakes discussed in the book. Most of the activity descriptions offer good road directions and information on parking. Mr. Senterman also suggests additional reading for those who want additional details and adventures.
I just bought the book a month ago, and used it last week on my seventh week-long summer trip to the area. We did the Red Hill hike, located NE of Grahamsville near the Rondout Reservoir, to enjoy the view from the fire tower. Mr. Senterman classified this as a good hike for a family. I only had my two oldest boys with me (16 and 15), and we all agreed that this would not be a hike appropriate for smaller children. The trail to Red Hill is nearly all uphill, quite rocky/"rooty", and in a couple of places quite steep, not really suited to young kids unless you want to wind up carrying them. Also, it would have been helpful to indicate that the parking area was at the bottom of the hill along the steep dirt approach road, and that it's an official NYS parking lot. We wound up parking at the split of the public and private roads, at the top of the hill.
My one other complaint about the book is the lack of an overall Catskills area map to give geographic context to the suggested activities. I had to constantly look up where each hike was located on another map to figure out how far away they were from where we were staying, nearing Wurtsboro.
Overall, this is a very good book, that could use some improvement by adding a regional map and some refinement to the directions and parking area descriptions. I'll be using it many times.Catskill Summer Things Overview

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