Palentown, New York

Palentown is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States.

Named, like Palenville in Greene County, for a family that ran tanneries in the Catskills in the mid-19th century, Palentown is situated inside the Catskill Park in the northwest part of the town of Rochester.

Palentown is located off Ulster County Route 3 (Samsonville Road) just south of the Rochester-Olive town line.

The nearby Catskill Mountains rise higher to about 2600 ft in the Town of Rochester.

The Mettacahonts Creek, which originates in the nearby mountains, and several smaller streams flow through Palentown.