Cornell Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

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 located in Ulster County

Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

, New York

New York

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The mountain is part of the Burroughs Range of the Catskill Mountains

Catskill Mountains

The Catskill Mountains, an area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau...

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Cornell Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Wittenberg Mountain

Wittenberg Mountain

Wittenberg Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.The mountain is part of the Burroughs Range of the Catskill Mountains.Wittenberg is flanked to the southwest by Cornell Mountain....

, to the southwest by Friday Mountain

Friday Mountain

Friday Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains.Friday Mountain is flanked to the north by Cornell Mountain, and to the south by Balsam Cap....

, and to the west by 4180 feet (1,274.1 m) Slide Mountain — the highest peak in the Catskills.

The northwest side of Cornell Mountain drains into Woodland Creek, thence into Esopus Creek

Esopus Creek

Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Ulster County to the Hudson at Saugerties. Many tributaries...

, the Hudson River

Hudson River

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, and into New York Bay

New York Bay

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The east and southeast sides of Cornell Mtn. drain into the Wittenberg Brook, thence into Maltby Hollow Brook, Bush Kill, and Esopus Creek.
The southwest side of Cornell Mtn. drains into the headwaters of the east branch of the Neversink River

Neversink River

The Neversink River is a tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern New York in the United States...

, thence into the Delaware River

Delaware River

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, and into Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay

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Cornell Mountain is within the Slide Mountain Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park

Catskill State Park

The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States. It consists of 700,000 acres of land inside a Blue Line in four counties: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster...

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The Long Path

Long Path

The Long Path is a long-distance hiking trail beginning at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey and currently ending at Altamont, New York, in the Albany area...

, a 350 miles (563.3 km) long-distance

Long-distance trail

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 hiking trail from New York City

New York City

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 to Albany

Albany, New York

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...

, is contiguous with the section of the Burroughs Range Trail crossing the summits of Slide, Cornell, and Wittenberg.

External links

• Catskill 3500 Club: Cornell Mountain