Colgate Lake, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, New York     User input for Colgate Lake, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, New York: Be the first to submit input for Colgate Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       What a nice lake Colgate Lake is. All year is a perfect time in the Catskill Mountains if you have a thing about the outdoors. You simply must have a look at Star Rock since you're here at Colgate Lake, and Catskill Creek has a glorious whitewater paddling spot close by. This lake is so wonderful. An afternoon playing golf at Colonial Country Club is always a delight, and Colgate Lake is a tremendous place to visit for more than one day, Doherty's Mountain Campground       is a tremendous place to camp nearby. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff in the Catskill Mountains. This is a tremendous area for people who like lakes. Lake Rip Van Winkle is a lake nearby, and on a glorious day you can take a hike along the Willow Trail. The amount of rain that falls at Colgate Lake is close to the national average; May is when you get the most rain here, and the driest of the months is February. So many entertaining things                  in the Catskill Mountains, just unbelievable. For the period of the summer months highs here at Colgate Lake reach the 70's while night lows are usually in the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 20's while the cold winter nights at Colgate Lake are in the 0's. If you don't mind getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Plattekill Creek; after a long day outdoors Hotel Mountain Brook is a delightful place to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. What would winter be without some skiing at Hunter Mountain, and here at Colgate Lake you can see Black Dome. If the weather is splendid here at Colgate Lake, you can go for a hike along the Spruceton Trail, and you can stay the night at Torchlight Campsites. Colgate Lake really is in the middle of a picturesque outdoors paradise. There is a great hiking trail next to Colgate Lake called the Phoenicia Trail, and lovely scenery and magnificent skiing is what you get at Windham Mountain. If you need a site to stay Hotel Vienna is a great choice; do have a look at Halsey Brook while you're here at Colgate Lake. The Catskill Mountains scenery is always beautiful. What a location this is for outdoors people. You're almost certainly into lakes, Onteora Pond is one of those nearby; Colgate Lake is not far at all from Kingston.   Hotel Mountain Brook, Tannersville 2 miles away Luxury boutique hotel located in the Catskill Mountains only 4 miles from Hunter Mountain.... Hotel Vienna, Windham 8 miles away Windham is set high in the Catskill Mountains. In winter there is Windham Mountain and other winter sports. Year-round it offers excellent recreational opportunities. In summer, the air is delightfull... Current weather conditions at Colgate Lake, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, New York Local climate location: SLIDE MOUNTAIN 14 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 42.23806 Longitude: -74.12222 Catskill Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Catskill Mountains. Catskill Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Catskill Mountains. New York Lakes Complete list of all lakes in New York Greene County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Greene County Books about Colgate Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Colgate Lake, Catskill Mountains, Greene County, New York. Outdoors Recreation Near Kingston, New York Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Kingston, New York, the metro area neareast to Colgate Lake. 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New York Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of New York.     These outdoors activities are available near Colgate Lake.   Hotels Near Colgate Lake: Hotel Mountain Brook, Tannersville, 2 miles away Hotel Vienna, Windham, 8 miles away Winwood Inn, Windham, 9 miles away Comfort Inn Saugerties, Saugerties, 13 miles away Saugerties Howard Johnson Inn, Saugerties, 13 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Colgate Lake: Doherty's Mountain Campground, Acra, 5 miles away Torchlight Campsites, Cairo, 6 miles away Whip-o-will Campsite, Purling, 8 miles away Pine Hollow Campgrounds And Pine Hollow Estates, Palenville, 8 miles away   Ski Areas Near Colgate Lake: Hunter Mountain, New York, 6 miles away       1600 vertical feet Windham Mountain, New York, 10 miles away       1600 vertical feet Belleayre, New York, 26 miles away       1404 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Colgate Lake: Plattekill Creek, Greene / Ulster CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class IV - 2 miles long (Platte Clove Road to West Saugerties) Catskill Creek, Albany/Greene CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class II-III - 17 miles long (Cooksburg to Woodstock Dam) Catskill Creek, Greene CountyCounty, 8 miles away       Class II-IV - 5.5 miles long (Woodstock Dam to South Cairo)   Trails Near Colgate Lake: Spruceton Trail, Greene County, 9 miles away Willow Trail, Ulster County, 12 miles away Phoenicia Trail, Ulster County, 14 miles away   Golf Courses Near Colgate Lake: Colonial Country Club, Tannersville, 2 miles away   Lakes Near Colgate Lake: Onteora Pond, Greene CountyCounty, 2 miles away Lake Rip Van Winkle, Greene CountyCounty, 3 miles away