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5.0 (1 review)
Closed • 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

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Dingmans Falls - Welcome center

Dingmans Falls

4.6(48 reviews)
65.0 mi

5 stars for natural beauty & ease of access! The actual Visitor Center itself seemed to be closed…read more(Fathers Day), but there were staff on-hand to answer questions and hand out maps/information. The entire path to Dingmans falls is almost level with a bench or 2 to rest/take in the surroundings. You also get to see Silverthread Falls a few hundred yards into the trek (there were a lot more downed trees obscuring Silverthread than my previous visit 10 or so years ago) ...at the end of the trail you arrive at the base of Dingmans Falls -- a great cascading noisy delight! Great photo ops, although you may have to joust with other onlookers for a position to snap a pic ;) This time, I opted to take the 'hi-rise' side trail that juts left and up right before you get to the base of the falls...unlike the main 'boardwalk', the side trail has a fair amount of steps - up, down, and up again - placing you above the top of the falls. Perhaps not as photogenic as from the bottom, but it's pretty neat to see the water run over the cliff and see the perspective. If you have small kids or tired knees, you could skip the side trail...but if curiosity gets the better of you, like it did me, it was a fun jaunt. Do I recommend a trip to Dingmans Falls? Absolutely!

Dingmans Falls is still closed. October 14. Don't bother to go . Was supposed to open in August,…read more2026. Little information on website.

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Dingmans Falls
Dingmans Falls - Squatch at Silver Thread Falls

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Squatch at Silver Thread Falls

Greene County Visitor Center - Step it back a bit..

Greene County Visitor Center

4.0(4 reviews)
38.0 mi

Opting to go non GPS, I fumbled with my 1970s AAA map that had the browning creases and the broken…read morerubber band which I located in my attic. I didn't throw the dart which always brings me places, I wanted to be sure I was in the mountains, we went North East topside of the Catskills, we wanted to walk Washington Irving's books takes, to see the greens from Douglas Fir to mighty oaks, the silvertip mountain tops and the changing of the leaves. Inside the visitors center, there was Rip, staff in hand, hand me down galligasketts, good natured smile and his walking stick -- there to greet as were Heather and Nancy. Taking bowls of fresh water to the big dog who slipped down like a ranch horse nose deep in the trough they doted upon him, giving love with meaningful strokes and words of tenderness - the big mush was loving it so. Spinny spinny spinny, they spun the brochure carousel like a spinning top, plucking out appropriate endeavors for me. Clicking the pen and put to paper, they wrote and edited to reflect current days and times and where it's shaking out come the weekend. As many miles big road hound and I have traveled, to where the road never ends, these two fine ladies were the watermark set above and beyond all prior - to be sure.

My husband and myself were in town from Rochester, NY for the day and wanted to visit a relative's…read moregrave in the area. We had the wrong cemetery name and they were so helpful in sending us to the correct place. We were able to find the grave with the help of the grounds crew, but without the visitor centers help, we would have been out of luck. Thank you for going the extra mile! Your help was extremely appreciated.

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Greene County Visitor Center - And we're gonna loop it, yea loop it.. Heather again showing her local knowledge.. #catskills

And we're gonna loop it, yea loop it.. Heather again showing her local knowledge.. #catskills

Greene County Visitor Center - Sale proceeds pay for music in the park..

Sale proceeds pay for music in the park..

Greene County Visitor Center - Heather and Big Phil.. The lighting wasn't quite right..

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Heather and Big Phil.. The lighting wasn't quite right..

Visitor Center

Visitor Center

4.0(2 reviews)
67.1 mi

Ok...I really don't know where exactly this is, but if you are going north toward Bear Mountain on…read morethe Palisades Interstate Parkway (if you cross the GWB go towards NJ and you'll see a sign toward the PIP..you'll start at exit 2 so keep goin!), you cannot miss this sign. Its the only "visitor center" posted on some wood or something on that parkway. I know I shouldn't share this with random readers, but I have to explain it for you guys to understand why I reviewed it. I have a weird thing for rest stops and 24/7 gas stations no matter where it is. I have no idea why. Maybe its b/c time seems to fall back at rest stops, or the fact that you stop there in transit and it becomes a community of drivers in one, creepy location. Whatever the reason, I love stopping at these places. So anyone as odd as myself, I had to share. Okay this is no ordinary rest stop. First, if you need to use the john don't bother going here b/c they have port-a-pottys and they do not smell "potty". This is for the sheer enjoyment of going to a random linkin log place in the middle of Rockland County, and saying "hey, I could use a shiny rock." Also, this place closes early. I think 6. Alright so there is the most RANDOM load of fun filled crap here. It's like a local street fair from 1987 threw up here and nobody bothered to clean it up. Finger traps, rock shiners, an assortment of rocks, camoflage toilet paper on a ROLL, candy that belongs in a museum..It's awesome here. It's bizarre and so creepy, but it was friggin super. I think I even bought a couple of rocks (I'm a science nut; what do you want from me?). Anyway, everytime I pass that place I feel like I'm hitting the twilight zone because it sure as hell isn't 2007 over at that joint. CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!

We used to drive past this alllllllll the freakin time (and stop there too) when we had a summer…read moreplace and we had to get over Bear Mountain (for some reason always reminds of the song, The Bear Went Over the Mountain) to get to it. Convenient spot for bathrooms. Notice I said convenient, not clean or good. And odd info abounds.

Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau

Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau

2.0(1 review)
74.3 mi

This visitor center is not at all visitor friendly. As I rushed to make sure to arrive here in…read moreplenty of time yesterday to visit during normal business hours only to arrive at 4:01 p.m. and see that they were closed. They are open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Must be nice. Not only are the hours not so friendly, the parking is atrocious. Unless you're lucky enough to find street parking, you'll either have to risk parking in the hotel parking lot across the street and getting towed, or hope that the four or five spaces around the corner aren't taken and that your vehicle has a very small clearance and you can fit under the awning that juts out. Annoyed as I was, we are staying in the area a few days, so I made sure to return this morning. When I arrived, there was no staff and I looked through the information available myself and found what I wanted. They did have a few cute signs inside, but the center itself is incredibly small. As I was leaving, a staff member did come in and sit at the desk, so I asked them if there was a restroom nearby because the entire visitor center is about the size of my bedroom, and I figured if they had a bathroom I would have seen it. She told me to go outside past the guard and make a left. As I walked out and tried to proceed to the restroom, the security guard told me he would have to search me before I could go back. You'll need to remove all of your items from your person and be wanded and "cleared" before you can use the restroom here. If you think that's uncomfortable, wait until you get into the restroom itself. It was dirty and gross and when I locked the door behind me I saw that there was a secondary door just across from it. That door had a key to lock so I have no idea if that was somebody's office and they might walk in from that direction or if that was a storage closet... Fun right? Then I tried to get some hand sanitizer on my way out, but of course that was empty. Overall I would say this is a very poor excuse for a visitor center. I don't care how historic the building is, the point of a visitor center is to make people feel welcome and want to spend time and money in your city. This is one of the only visitor centers I have been to where I haven't received a warm welcome or help from the staff. They need to do some serious improving.

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Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau
Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau
Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau

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Catskill Center - culturalcenter - Updated October 2026

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