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Southwest Catskills

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Graham Mountain (3868 ft/1179 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	New York (99%), Pennsylvania (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	1,227 sq mi / 3,178 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	55 mi / 89 km North-South 45 mi / 72 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	41° 46' N; 74° 52' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southwest Catskills
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Southwest Catskills.

Catskill Mountains	Level 4 (Parent)
Northwest Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Northern Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southwest Catskills	Level 5
Southern Catskills	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southwest Catskills

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Graham Mountain	3868	1179
2.	Doubletop Mountain	3860+	1177+
3.	Balsam Lake Mountain	3720+	1134+
4.	Big Indian Mountain	3700+	1128+
5.	Fir Mountain	3620+	1103+
6.	Eagle Mountain	3600+	1097+
7.	Balsam Mountain	3600+	1097+
8.	Mill Brook Ridge	3480+	1061+
9.	East Schoolhouse Mountain	3480	1061
10.	Woodpecker Ridge	3460+	1055+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Southwest Catskills

Balsam Lake Mountain Tower # 8! (2017-07-26). Photo by Christina Bushunow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Big Indian Mountain Summit canister and clearing just a few hundred feet off the trail (2021-08-07). Photo by Jacob Kitson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Fir Mountain Ironically, not a lot of fir trees at the summit (2021-08-07). Photo by Jacob Kitson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Eagle Mountain Probably the easiest-to-find canister of all the Catskill High Peaks, barely a bushwhack at all (2021-08-07). Photo by Jacob Kitson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Beech Mountain View from 100 ft below summit of Beech Mountain (2016-04-13). Photo by Todd Jennings. Click here for larger-size photo.

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