Devils Tombstone or the Devil's Tombstone Park, is a park which is named for the large rock which lay at the center of the park, which is located in

Greene County, New York Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,931. Its county seat is Catskill. The county's name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. The c ...

. The park is part of the Catskill Mountain range, and located north-northeast of Edgewood. Plateau Mountain, is located east of Devils Tombstone,

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, is located southeast, and Hunter Mountain is directly west. The Devil's Tombstone is one of the oldest parks in the Catskill Forest Preserve.

Origin of the Name

The Devil's Tombstone park is named after a large boulder which was left behind during the

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. The rocks resemblance to an old bluestone tombstone lead to its being hoisted into a standing position.

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