The Catskills & The Berkshires: The Mountains are Calling, and I Must Go.

Written by Josephine Matyas
for Explorer RV Club
Photo Credit – Josephine Matyas
August 23, 2024

In 1873, so the story goes, the Scottish naturalist and mountaineer John Muir wrote to his sister: “The mountains are calling, and I must go.” Muir, who played a key role in establishing the U.S. National Park Service, may have been talking about the mountains of the West in that letter. Still, his sentiment resonates with those who love the outdoors, whether the mountains are towering—like the Rockies—or undulating—like the mountain belts of the Appalachians in the east. Among these, the Catskills of New York State and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts are close together and make perfect RV travels.

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