 Below the falls are many swimming holes and the steep, rugged cliffs that line Kaaterskill Creek.The road levels off just west of Palenville, where it crosses the Long Path hiking trail and leaves the Catskill Park.Palenville, a small hamlet at the eastern edge of the Catskill Escarpment, is marked by a traffic light at the northern end of NY 32A, a connector that shortens the trip to the Hunter–Tannersville area for those coming south on the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87).