
A NYS Nonprofit Corporation
Researching Archaeoastronomy &
Landscape Archaeology in
our Region and Beyond
Seeking to
Identify and protect Native American ceremonial stone landscapes (CSL)
as resources of cultural significance
"Let the Landscape Speak"
- Doug Harris
Narragansett THPO
Environment - Culture - Community
Sacred Mountain
Overlook Mountain
in Woodstock New York, may well be one of the most important and sacred mountains in our region. Since the mountain has entered human consciousness many thousands of years ago, it has served people in innumerable ways and has attained high status and recognition not just in the local community, but worldwide.
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The mountain acts as a major gateway to the nearly one million acre Catskill Forest Preserve, offering the closest Catskill Mountain summit trail head to the New York City metropolitan area. Overlook Mountain is also the center of Tibetan Buddhism in North America and was recognized as a sacred site by the Iroquois Confederacy at the Council at Onondaga in 1979.
The ancient importance of Overlook Mountain is reflected in a Native American ceremonial stone landscape (CSL) present in Lewis Hollow. Consisting or stone constructions, subsurface hydrological features, and effigies with a connections to the constellations, these archaeoastronomy and landscape archaeology features represent unique resources of cultural significance. The research, identification and protection of such resources as sacred sites, is inherent in OMC’s core mission.
It’s time Overlook Mountain is honored and protected in a way that reflects its unique status and the immense contribution the mountain has made to humanity. The Overlook Mountain Center (OMC), through promoting cultural history, environment awareness, and community through collaboration, will act as a permanent human reflection of the mountain, honoring Overlook; the mountain that has given so much, to so many, in so many ways, for so long. OMC will create programming, exhibits and experiences that celebrate all aspects of Overlook Mountain, its’ past, present and future.
Mission Statement
OMC, a NYS nonprofit formed in 2013, promotes awareness and understanding of the relationship between Overlook Mountain and the human populations that have encountered it throughout time. OMC creates programs, exhibits and tours to educate, experience and celebrate all aspects of Overlook Mountain and its ecosystems.
Overlook Mountain Center 2020 Program Schedule
2020 Scheduled OMC Hikes & Programs. NOTE: Due to COVID 19 OMC has altered our tours and workshops to include social distancing and wearing masks when appropriate for safety.
Please check back for added workshop and lecture events. Schedule subject to change.
Sun. 3/22 Protecting Indigenous Ceremonial Stone Landscapes Workshop
Sun. 4/19 – Lewis Hollow cairns, walls and effigies – Workshop tour
Sun. 5/17 – Spruceton Valley and Halcott Mtn. Cairns and Serpent Walls
Sat.. 6/20 – Solstice Sunrise at Spruceton Valley cairns, walls and effigies
Sun. 7/19 – Mysteries of Mink Hollow cairns and walls
Sun. 8/23 – Lewis Hollow cairns, walls and effigies
Sun. 9/20 – Autumnal Equinox – Camping with the Cairns in Spruceton Valley
Sun. 10/18 – Woodstock Hollows Manitou Tour – Lewis, Bearsville & Mink Hollow Visits
Sun. 11/22 – Lewis Hollow cairns, walls and effigies
Sun. 12/20 – Winter Solstice Sunrise Celebration at Lewis Hollow
For more detailed hiking & workshop info please go to our Programs page
Project Goals

Mysteries of Lewis Hollow
Contact OMC: 845-417-8384 | P.O. Box 1278, Woodstock, NY 12498
Administrator: Glenn Kreisberg
Created by: Shari Design Solutions | Copyright © 2018