Depending on your likes and
mood, you could enjoy a new activity virtually every weekend
for the next year and not exhaust the possibilities. Whether
it’s an annual festival, a lively arts event or outdoor
recreational activity, you need not search any further than
your own backyard.
Tourism is the number one industry in Sullivan
County. Sullivan County is recognized by outdoor enthusiasts–
residents and visitors alike–as a sprawling playground
with something for everyone.
Tens of thousands of acres of publicly-owned,
accessible park land is available to hikers, bikers, horseback
riders, and campers. Seventy-three
lakes, rivers and streams allow most every freshwater sport
imaginable. Of course, the best of what made the Catskills
an old favorite remains in Sullivan County, with resort hotels
offering all-inclusive packages and theme weekends at affordable
rates. You will find top-notch trout fishing in the famous
Beaverkill and Willowemoc rivers that meet at Junction Pool
in Roscoe, 19 PGA-caliber golf courses with no waiting to
tee off, outlet and antique shopping, kayaking, canoeing and
rafting on the Delaware River, and a festival-packed summer.
For those who want to just watch the action,
Monticello Raceway offers year-round harness horse racing.
The more active can take flying lessons at one of our three
airports: Wurtsboro, Monticello or Sullivan County International
in Bethel. Wurtsboro also offers lessons in soaring. History
buffs can also find plenty to excite them in Sullivan County.
Mid-May marks the opening of Fort Delaware in Narrowsburg.
Fort Delaware is an authentic Colonial-era settlement, complete
with entertainers in period costume. In Livingston Manor,
the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum offers a retrospective
on the dry fly fishing heritage of the Catskills.
Five covered bridges, three stone-arch bridges,
and the oldest standing example of a John Roebling bridge,
the famed architect of the Brooklyn Bridge, make traveling
around Sullivan County half the fun.
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