Agloe, Catskill Park

#147 among attractions in Catskill Park

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Agloe is a fictional hamlet in Colchester, Delaware County, New York, that became an actual landmark after mapmakers made up the community as a phantom settlement, an example of a "copyright trap" similar to a trap street. Agloe was put onto the map in order to catch plagiarism, as it appears only on the original cartographers' map and of course has a population of one. Soon, using fictional "copyright traps" became a typical strategy in mapmaker design to thwart plagiarism. Agloe was known as a "paper town" because of this. Agloe is also known for appearing in the American romantic mystery novel Paper Towns by John Green and its film adaptation. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°57'55"N, 74°54'25"W

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Agloe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mud Pond, Cables Lake, Huggins Lake, Beaverkill Bridge.

3.5 miNW
Lake
Mud Pond
90 min walk • Mud Pond is a small lake northwest of Roscoe in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via an unnamed creek which flows into Russell Brook.
3.6 miNW
Lake
Cables Lake
92 min walk • Cables Lake is a small lake north-northwest of Roscoe in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via an unnamed creek which flows into Russell Brook.
5.4 miNE
Lake
Huggins Lake
139 min walk • Huggins Lake is a small lake north-northeast of Beaverkill in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via Huggins Hollow which flows into Beaver Kill.
3.8 miE
Bridge
Beaverkill Bridge, Catskill Park
97 min walk • Beaverkill Bridge, also known as Conklin Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge over the Beaver Kill north of the hamlet of Roscoe in the Town of Rockland, New York, United States, that carries Conklin Road through Beaverkill State Campground.
1.8 miN
Mountain
Morton Hill
46 min walk • Morton Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north of Roscoe. Rodgers Hill is located southeast of Morton Hill and Cherry Ridge is located northwest.
4.9 miNW
Mountain
Stadel Mountain
125 min walk • Stadel Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Gregorytown. Morton Hill is located east, and Baxter Mountain is located west-northwest of Stadel Mountain.
1.9 miNW
Lake
Lake Mimi
50 min walk • Lake Mimi is a small lake north-northwest of Roscoe in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via Horse Brook which flows into Beaver Kill.
5.1 miNW
Lake
Edwards Pond
130 min walk • Edwards Pond is a small lake north-northeast of Horton in Delaware County, New York. Little Fuller Brook enters the lake from the northeast. It then drains west via Little Fuller Brook which flows into Horton Brook.
2.1 miNW
Mountain
Rodgers Hill
54 min walk • Rodgers Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northwest of Roscoe. Morton Hill is located east-northeast of Rodgers Hill.
5.8 miNW
Mountain
Fuller Hill
147 min walk • Fuller Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northwest of Roscoe. Morton Hill is located east-southeast of Fuller Hill and Baxter Mountain is located west-southwest.
6.6 miNE
Mountain
Mary Smith Hill
168 min walk • Mary Smith Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Downsville. Middle Mountain is located east of Mary Smith Hill.