The winners of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest

Above: "Ashokan Reservoir" by Mark Miller, the grand prize winner of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest. 

It's Memorial Day weekend, and our print 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide has hit the streets! Copies are waiting at dozens of locations around the Catskills. See what it looks like and how to get one by clicking here.

Each year, we ask readers of the Watershed Post and our Catskills Outdoor Guide to send us their best photos of the Catskills great outdoors. This year, 52 photographers entered our 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest

Thanks to our contest sponsor, Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room in Big Indian, which generously offered a $75 gift certificate to our grand prize winner. 

Thanks to everyone who entered. To see all the fabulous entries, click here. 

Grand Prize Winner

"Ashokan Reservoir" by Mark Miller (shown above). 

Second Place

"Sunset in the Western Catskills" by Rick Roberts. 

Third Place

"Robins" by Barbara Small.

Fourth place

"Girls on the Run" by Julie Hilson.

Honorable Mentions

“Hula Hoop” by Rosalind Dickinson appears on the summer cover of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“Waterfall at Platte Clove” by Joshua Trupin appears on the autumn cover of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide, and also on p. 16.

“Sledding on Tinker Street” by Kinoa Garin appears on the winter cover of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“McKinley Hollow“ by Elizabeth McDonald appears on the spring cover of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide, which will be released in spring 2016.

“Roundtop in October” by Kitty Kelly appears on the cover of the Catskills Outdoor Maps in the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“Giant Ledge” by John McDaniel appears on p. 3 of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“Kayaker and Great Blue Heron” by Lori Ballard appears on p. 18 of the Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“Belleayre Beach at Pine Hill Lake” by Jonathan Garin appears on p. 21 of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.

“Peter with a Brown Trout” by Joan Challacombe appears on p. 26 of the Catskills Outdoor Guide.

This article originally appeared in the print version of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide, our annual publication the Catskills outdoors. The Catskills Outdoor Guide is distributed across the Catskills region and at select locations in the NYC metropolitan area. Find a copy near you here. 

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