Cannabis, in the mountains
Your guide to cannabis in the Catskills — the dispensaries, retreats, mountain towns, and seasonal rhythms of life in the forest.
Editorial
Cannabis Growers Showcases are the state-sanctioned, farmers-market-style events where licensed New York cultivators sell direct to adult consumers. A living tracker, updated quarterly.
· 7 min read
Phoenicia is the archetypal Catskills trailhead town — one Main Street, the Esopus running through it, and the busiest trailheads in the park out the back door. Here is how to spend a weekend there.
· 7 min read
The anchor guide to cannabis in the Catskills and Hudson Valley in 2026 — laws, where to buy, what to buy, where you can and cannot consume, and the town-by-town map of licensed shops.
· 9 min read
Lifestyle
Seven lifestyle pillars + the cannabis-education library.
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Trail guides, peak lists, winter sports, and the outdoor side of the Catskill Park.
Cross-cutting evergreen guides: legal framing, where-to-stay logistics, the long-form Catskills overview, and the cannabis-101 reference for visitors.
The Delaware system, the Willowemoc, the Beaverkill, and the guides who know them.
Byrdcliffe, the studios of Phoenicia and Andes, and the cabin culture weekenders come for.
The retreat centers, cabins, and forest-therapy programs redefining mountain wellness.
Bethel Woods, Woodstock, Bearsville, and the music that still fills these mountains.
Phoenicia Diner, Peekamoose, Spruceton Inn, and the kitchens that anchor mountain weekends.
The plain-English library — from THC vs CBD to dosing to home grow, covering the full cannabis-education search landscape.
Place
Featured towns hubs — dispensaries, events, and editorial mapped to where you actually go.
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Ulster County
The classic trailhead town — Phoenicia Diner, Esopus Creek, and the Devil’s Path at your back.
Ulster County
Tinker Street, Byrdcliffe’s 120-year colony, and the music legacy that won’t quit.
Greene County
Painted-Village Main Street at the base of Hunter Mountain — the gateway to the eastern escarpment.
Sullivan County
Fly-fishing capital, creative cluster, and the heart of the western Sullivan scene.
Delaware County
Western-Catskills crossroads on the Pepacton Reservoir, with Belleayre ten minutes away.
Greene County
Gateway to the eastern escarpment — Main Street arts, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, and Budd’s.
Calendar
Bovina Farm + Fermentory · Bovina
Maverick Concert Hall · Woodstock
Phoenicia (multiple venues) · Phoenicia
Tusten Theatre · Narrowsburg
Directory
Verified shops across the Catskills. Verify license status via the OCM QR code at cannabis.ny.gov.
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