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The Forest · Sundown Wild Forest

We don't just live beside this forest.
We answer for it.

Catskills Experience serves as the official NY DEC forest steward for the Vernooy Kill Waterfall Trail. That means trail reports, cleanup days, guest education, and a monthly account to New York State of how the forest is doing. It also means that when you stay or walk with us, you're seeing the place with the people responsible for it.

Vernooy Kill Falls pouring over tiered rock ledges under summer hemlocks
The Vernooy Kill drops through five falls on its way off the plateau — this is the crowd favorite, ten minutes past where most people turn around.
The Vernooy Kill in autumn, gold leaves over dark water
October on the kill. The hemlock ravine holds its cool green while everything deciduous above it catches fire.
Guests gathered on the cabin deck at the forest edge during a fall visit
Where the tour ends: back at the forest's edge, comparing photos and track sightings on the deck.
Pastel painting of the snowbound cabin with its red door, by J. McGraw
The cabin in winter, as a guest-artist saw it — pastel by J. McGraw. The forest gets into people.