Greene County

Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,221. Its county seat is Catskill. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Greene County is located in southeast central New York State, just west of the Hudson River and south of Albany.

The northern and eastern regions are mostly low-lying flatlands. Along the Hudson River the lowest elevation is at sea level. The southern and western areas rise sharply into the Catskill Mountains.

Catskill Park takes up much of the south central region. The park contains some of the tallest peaks south of the Adirondacks. For example, the highest elevation is Hunter Mountain, at approximately 4,040 feet (1,232 m) above sea level; In addition, there are many picturesque waterfalls in the park such as the famed, Kaaterskill Falls.

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From the trail follows very close to a steep edge of the cliff. I was a bit scared to stop and take pictures, and not keep my eyes on the trail the whole time.

Taken on Sunday October 4, 2009 at Kaaterskill Clove.

Murderers Creek – Wikipedia

Murderers Creek – Wikipedia

Murderers Creek (or Murderer's Creek) is a creek in upstate New York, United States, that flows into the Hudson River in Greene County, New York, just north of the town of Athens. It should not be confused with Moodna Creek, which is in Orange County and is also sometimes called "Murderer's Creek".

The first reference to the name "Murderer's Kill" is from July 18th 1673 in a deed of land to Wyntje Harmense. First governmental reference to the creek is in the New York State Act of March 7th 1788, as "...at the South Bank of the Mouth of the Murderer’s-Kill, at Lunenburgh" (Lunenburgh was the original name of Athens). The name is thought to derive from Middle Dutch, "Mother's Creek", moeder and kille. It may have also been from the Middle Dutch modder meaning "muddy" similar to the river of the same name in Delaware, although the possessive apostrophe indicates otherwise.

In 1813, the body of a young woman named Sally Hamilton was found in the creek about half a mile north of its mouth. Local lore has it that the modern name of the creek originated from this event. Although the name predated the event by 140 years.