Editing Shandaken, New York (section)

== Communities and locations in Shandaken ==
*'''Allaben''' &ndash; a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] east of Shandaken village on [[New York State Route 28|Route 28]]. It is the seat of town government.
*'''Beechford''' &ndash; a hamlet in the southeastern corner of the town.
*'''[[Big Indian, New York|Big Indian]]''' &ndash; a hamlet southwest of Shandaken village on Route 28 in the Big Indian Valley.
*'''Bushnellsville''' &ndash; a hamlet by the northern town line on [[New York State Route 42|Route 42]].
*'''[[Chichester, New York|Chichester]]''' &ndash; a hamlet in the eastern part of the town, north of Phoenicia on [[New York State Route 214|Route 214]]. Its roots lay in the manufacture of furniture until the Depression destroyed the business. It was founded in 1863.
*'''Highmount''' &ndash; a location northwest of Pine Hill. It was originally called "Summit".  It was also known as [[Grand Hotel Railroad Station|"Grand Hotel Station"]].
*'''[[Mount Pleasant, Ulster County, New York|Mt. Pleasant]]''' &ndash; a hamlet in the eastern part of the town on Route 28 south of Phoenicia. This community was previously called "Longyear" and "Riseley's".
*'''[[Mount Tremper, New York|Mt. Tremper]]''' &ndash; a hamlet near the eastern town line. It was previously called   "Ladew Corners" and "The Corner". The [[Camp Wapanachki]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1994.<ref name="nris"/>
*'''[[Oliverea, New York|Oliverea]]''' &ndash; a hamlet, founded in 1886, in the southern part of the town on Route 47. It is home to the [[Winnisook Club]], which is located at the base of Slide Mountain next to [[Winnisook Lake]].
*'''[[Panther Mountain (New York)|Panther Mountain]]''' &ndash; a roughly circular mountain ridge in the center of the town that is believed to be the result of a meteor impact.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Guterl |first=Fred |date=August 2000 |title=The Panther Mountain Crater |journal=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-panther-mountain-crater/|access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[Phoenicia, New York|Phoenicia]]''' &ndash; a hamlet in the eastern part of the town.  It was the first community to be connected to the outside world by a railroad (the [[Ulster and Delaware Railroad]]) and the first to begin hotel construction for the tourist industry.
*'''[[Pine Hill, New York|Pine Hill]]''' &ndash; a hamlet in the western part of the town.
*'''Shandaken''' &ndash; the hamlet of Shandaken is in the north central part of the town on Route 28.
*'''[[Slide Mountain (Ulster County, New York)|Slide Mountain]]''' &ndash; Slide Mountain is the highest point in the [[Catskill Mountains]].
*'''Woodland Valley''' &ndash; a hamlet in the southeastern part of the town, south of Phoenicia. It is still home to the Roxmor Colony.