8 Awesome Facts About the Catskills

(via mental_floss) The concrete jungle may be sprinkled with man-made parks and tree-lined streets, but the great outdoors? Not so much. Enter the Catskills, a mountainous region two hours north of Manhattan that boasts more than 6000 square miles of pristine, untouched nature. Mental Floss has compiled eight things you need to know about New York’s natural gem.