Bearsville is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States, in the town of Woodstock. It is located along New York State Route 212, within Catskill State Park and just to the west of the hamlet of Woodstock.[1]

Bearsville
Unincorporated community
Baehr's Store, for which Bearsville was named
Bearsville Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°02′26.7″N 74°09′18.7″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Ulster
Government part of town of Woodstock
• Type	unincorporated area
Elevation	600 ft (200 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	700
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	12409
Area code(s)	845 Exchange: 679
GNIS feature ID	943336

Bearsville was named not for the numerous local black bears, but for German peddler and storekeeper Christian Baehr, who built a store on the Sawkill Creek in 1839.[2] Places of interest in Bearsville, or named for it, include Bearsville Records and Bearsville Studios, and The Bearsville Theater and restaurant complex.[3]

The Bearsville post office (ZIP Code 12409) also covers the adjoining hamlets of Shady, and Wittenberg.

The highest known temperature in Bearsville was 101 °F (38 °C), which occurred in 1995. The lowest temperature was −27 °F (−33 °C), recorded in 1994.[4]

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