The Only Maps You'll Need for Hiking in the Catskill Mountains of New York

Are you looking for a set of maps for your hiking adventures in the Catskill Mountains of New York State?

With the Catskill Trails map set from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, you get the best map set available for the Catskill Mountains. It covers the 4-county region of the Catskills and includes details on the area's topography, roads, trails, campgrounds and public parking areas to name just a few.

The map set includes four large maps and a single, smaller map. The 4 large maps each cover a major portion of the Catskills and include:

Northern Catskills
Central Catskills
Southern Catskills
Western Catskills

This covers about 99% of the trails and hiking areas in the Catskill Mountains and should be more than enough for all but the most die-hard hikers who might wander into areas not covered in the map set.

The small map covers the North-South Lake Campground area, which is quite densely filled with trails and points of interest, hence the smaller, detailed map of the area.

On those maps you'll find pretty much everything that exists in the Catskills. The maps cover the region's roads, trails, campgrounds, viewpoints, parking areas, public access points, rivers, lakes and streams. The trails are very clearly marked on the maps and its very easy to see what kind of hike you are going to have as the contour lines easily show the area's topography. In addition, the scales are small enough on the maps to really show some detail.

Flip your maps over and there's a guide to all of the trails in the Catskills. For each trail, there's a basic description of the hike based on mileage and points of interest you'll come along to on the hike. While there's nowhere near the detail you get in a guidebook, for the majority of trails in the Catskills, this quick and dirty description is all you really need to find your way.

The paper the maps are printed on is perfect for hikers. The paper is tear-resistant and waterproof, so there's no need to worry if you take it hiking with you.

For me, I make sure I have the right map whenever I'm hiking in the Catskills. I'm able to see exactly where I have to go, they make it easy to explore trailless areas and if I'm not exactly how to get to an area, the detail on the roads, parking lots and trailheads make it easy to get wherever I want to go.

So if you hike in the Catskills or are planning on hiking there, you really should get yourself the Catskill Trails map set from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. They are well worth the investment and will go on plenty of hikes with you.