Ellerslie, residence of Ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton, below Rhinecliff.
Rhinecliff, on east bank.
City of Kingston, embraces Kingston and Rondout.
Kingston Point. Delightful park and picnic grounds near the landing.
Old Beekman Place, on east bank, a short distance above Rhinecliff. One of the old Revolutionary houses.
Ferncliff, Residence of John Jacob Astor. Fine villa with pointed tower.
Out-of-Door Sports. A large building on east bank, erected by Mr. Astor.
Garretson Place, north of Ferncliff, on east bank.
"Leacote,” Douglas Merritt’s Residence, north of Clifton Point.
Flatbush, on west bank opposite Clifton Point.
Rokeby, Residence of late William B. Astor, above Astor’s Point.
Barrytown, on east side.
Aspinwall Place, north of Barrytown, formerly John R. Livingston’s place.
Montgomery Place, east bank, among the trees.
“Annandale,” name of John Bard’s place. East of this is St. Stephen’s College, a training school for the ministry.
Cruger’s Residence, on Cruger’s Island—once called Lower Red Hook Island.
Tivoli, on east side, 100 miles from New York.
Glasco, south of Tivoli on the west side.
Saugerties, on the west side.
Idele, property of Miss Clarkson, known as the old Chancellor Place, on east bank.
Hotel Kaaterskill is plainly seen from this point.
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O would that she were here,
Sure Eden’s garden-plot,
Did not embrace more varied charms
Than this romantic spot.
George P. Morris.
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Malden, above Saugerties, on west side.
Clermont, above Tivoli. The original Livingston manor.
West Camp, on west side, above Malden.
Four County Island. The “meeting point” of Dutchess, Columbia, Greene and Ulster.
Germantown, on east side, 105 miles from New York.
Man in the Mountain. Between Germantown and Catskill we get a fine view of the reclining giant, traced by the following outline:—the peak to the south is the knee; the next to the north is the breast; and two or three above this, the chin, the nose, and the forehead.
Roeliff Jansen’s Kill meets the Hudson on east bank above what is known by the pilots as Nine Mile Tree.
Herman Livingston’s Residence, on point above.
Catskill Creek joins the Hudson south of Catskill.
Catskill, 110 miles from New York. Route from this point to Catskill Mountains, via Catskill Mountain Railroad.
Prospect Park Hotel, on west bank, north of Catskill.