Grahamsville, NY

Travel Guide

Just up the road from the Catskills' Blue Hole is a calming waterfall that feeds into the stream that becomes the Blue Hole.

The Blue Hole and the surrounding area was once a place of peace and reflection. It was a secretive location, one loved by locals, but during the course of this past summer it has been taken over by tourists. Now, you may wonder why this has a negative connotation and let me explain.

This is state park, the glorious Catskill Mountains with all its splendor, but it's a little less wonderful when tourists visit the location in droves, double parking on the already tight roadway, leave their trash in the water and shoreline, and are disrespectful to the land and those who live nearby.

I hope this location will return to the quiet sanctuary it always was for me when I was a teen. I hope others can return to this place and see the beauty of it for what it really is, rather than a collection of trash and rude people.

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Play your heart out. This swimming hole is amazing. You have to apply permit to get in. Only 40 free permit are being issued daily. Each permit allow max 6 people. #landscape #waterlust #green #explore #hiking #nature #explore #lovemytown #I❤️NY #NikonD7100 #Manfratto tripod

Fall foliage 2014 in the southern catskills

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The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark

555 Resorts World Drive Monticello NY

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Resorts World Catskills Casino

888 Resorts World Drive Monticello NY

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Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston

800 Frank Sottile Boulevard Kingston NY

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Starlite Motel

8722 Route 28 Big Indian NY

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Dome House Retreat

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Straus Center - Frost Valley YMCA

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