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Burroughs Range
Burroughs Range is located in New York
Burroughs Range
Burroughs Range
Location in New York
Burroughs Range is located in the United States
Burroughs Range
Burroughs Range
Location in the United States
Burroughs Range is located in the United States
Burroughs Range
Burroughs Range
Location in the United States
Highest point
Elevation 4,180 feet (1,270 m)
Geography
Location West Shokan, New York, U.S.
Topo map USGS Phoenicia

The Burroughs Range is in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of West Shokan. It consists of Cornell Mountain, Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills, and Wittenberg Mountain. The range was named for John Burroughs, a nature essayist whose forte was the observation of nature with accompanying poetical or philosophical commentary. Romer Mountain is located northeast and Friday Mountain is located south of Burroughs Range.

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