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> Catskills| Some people define the Catskills as the four rural
counties west of the Hudson River in SE New York, Green, Ulster,
Sullivan and Delaware. However the area of SE Ulster county
below the Shawangunk ridge is not really part of the geological
Catskills and some extend them up into Albany and Schoharie
Counties (I-88 on the NW and the Delaware river on the SW). See
also geology. The Catskill Forest Preserve is defined as the
286,000 acres of state land within the Catskill Park. Hudson
Valley Maps | Larger Map During the 19th century, the region
became a destination for wealthy urbanites seeking vacation
retreats from New York City.| The popularity of the Catskills
boomed in the 1920s through 1960s as middle class, second
generation immigrant families, including Germans, Czechs, Jews,
sought a place to vacation near New York City and many resorts
were established in the area. The larger Jewish resorts (such as
Kutsher's, Brown's, and Gros