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1943 Map of Peekamoose Mountain

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Peekamoose Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Sundown and Denning serve as the primary human anchors in this mountain-dominated survey of the southern Catskills during the early 1940s. The landscape is defined by the steep drainage basins of the West Branch Neversink Creek and Rondout Creek, which carve deep valleys between high peaks like Slide Mtn and Peekamoose Mt. Small family homesteads and farmsteads are scattered throughout the hollows, including those of H Brooks, W Dubois, and G Singer, providing a detailed record for genealogists researching family landholdings of the era.

Institutional presence in the wilderness is marked by the Denning State Camp and the prominent Slide Mountain Fire Tower. Rural education is captured at its local peak with four distinct schoolhouses — Denning School, Red Hill School, Sundown School, and Greenville School — situated along the narrow valley floors. The presence of Peekamoose Lodge near Peekamoose Lake highlights the region's long-standing transition toward recreational use even as remote hill farms remained active.