Inspiration Point

Inspiration Point is a scenic viewpoint in Greene County, New York. Inspiration Point is situated nearby to the waterfall Lower Buttermilk Falls, as well as near Fawn’s Leap.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include South Mountain and North–South Lake.

South Mountain

Peak

Photo: Naib, CC BY 3.0.

South Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York east of Haines Falls, New York. Located to the southwest is Roundtop Mountain. High Peak drains south into Kaaterskill Creek and north into North-South Lake.

North–South Lake is an 1,100-acre state campground in the Catskill Forest Preserve near Palenville, New York operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation near the site of the historic Catskill Mountain House overlooking the Hudson River.

High Peak

Peak

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kaaterskill High Peak is one of the Catskill Mountains, located in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York, United States. It was once believed to be the highest peak in the entire range, but its summit, at 3,655 feet in elevation, places it only 23rd among the Catskill High Peaks. High Peak is situated 2 miles southwest of Inspiration Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twilight Park Historic District and Haines Falls.

Twilight Park Historic District

Hamlet

Twilight Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Haines Falls in Greene County, New York. The district contains 102 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and seven contributing structures.

Haines Falls

Village

Photo: RobertDrake2015, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haines Falls is a hamlet located east of Tannersville in the Town of Hunter, in Greene County, New York, United States. Haines Falls is located at. The town's original name was "Haines Corners". Haines Falls is situated 2 miles west of Inspiration Point.

Palenville

Village

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Palenville is a hamlet and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2020 census. Palenville is in the southwestern part of the town of Catskill, located at the junction of Routes 23A and 32A. Palenville is situated 2 miles east of Inspiration Point.

Inspiration Point

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Greene County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.18491° or 42° 11′ 6″ north

Longitude

-74.05896° or 74° 3′ 32″ west

Open location code

87J75WMR+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5004182621

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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Highlights include Lower Buttermilk Falls and Fawn’s Leap.

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