. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 63. RAND HOTEL STATION is now the stop, and a most im-portant summer station it is. Thesecond hirgest hotel in the Cats-kills, the Grand Hotel, is lessthan half a mile up the hill andin phiin sight. It stands on acommanding terrace of MonkaHill Mountain, and on the dividingline between Ulster and Delawarecounties. From it the view ofmountain and valley is superb, ri-valed only by the crest of themountain itself in the rear, towhich the ascent is short and easy,bringing one 2,489 feet in the airwith a view free from obstructionon every side. T
. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 63. RAND HOTEL STATION is now the stop, and a most im-portant summer station it is. Thesecond hirgest hotel in the Cats-kills, the Grand Hotel, is lessthan half a mile up the hill andin phiin sight. It stands on acommanding terrace of MonkaHill Mountain, and on the dividingline between Ulster and Delawarecounties. From it the view ofmountain and valley is superb, ri-valed only by the crest of themountain itself in the rear, towhich the ascent is short and easy,bringing one 2,489 feet in the airwith a view free from obstructionon every side. Toward the south isSlide Mountain, barely overtopping its aspiring neighbors, withthe lovely valley, through which you came, in the foreground;toward the west are farms and hamlets of Delaware, and farbelow the shelving rocks on which you stand is the green valleyof virgin forest: and toward the north and east are mountainspiled on mountains. The Belle Ayr slope, here known as Highmount, is dotted here and there with pretty cottages ina park of i,soo m
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