Echo Lake (New York)
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Echo Lake is a mountain lake within the Indian Head Wilderness of the Catskill Mountains
, located in the valley between the two mountains Plattekill and Overlook (Coordinates: 42°5′46″N by 74°5′25″W).
The lake carries many species of game fish, and has lean-to shelters for campers.
Access is made by an 8-mile hiking trail, starting around Platte Clove Preserve (County Route 16) up the Old Overlook Road and then around Plattekill Mountain to a junction culminating in a half-mile section called Echo Lake Trail.
Another route starts at the top of Mead's Mountain in Woodstock, NY; it is remote by most campground standards with no hookups or facilities.
Echo Lake has a cool climate during most of the year.
The psychedelic folk-pop band Woods named their 2009 release, At Echo Lake
, in its honor.
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...
, located in the valley between the two mountains Plattekill and Overlook (Coordinates: 42°5′46″N by 74°5′25″W).
The lake carries many species of game fish, and has lean-to shelters for campers.
Access is made by an 8-mile hiking trail, starting around Platte Clove Preserve (County Route 16) up the Old Overlook Road and then around Plattekill Mountain to a junction culminating in a half-mile section called Echo Lake Trail.
Another route starts at the top of Mead's Mountain in Woodstock, NY; it is remote by most campground standards with no hookups or facilities.
Echo Lake has a cool climate during most of the year.
The psychedelic folk-pop band Woods named their 2009 release, At Echo Lake
At Echo Lake
At Echo Lake is a 2010 album by the band Woods. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 31 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".- Track listing :...
, in its honor.