Mountain group of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers.
Many of its peaks reach 3,000 ft (900 m); the highest, Slide Mountain, reaches 4,204 ft (1,281 m). The area has many resorts, and its lakes supply New York City with water. The mountains were made famous through {{link=Irving, Washington">Washington Irving 's stories of Rip Van Winkle, who supposedly took his long nap near the town of Catskill.