The Burroughs Range is a small mountain range in Shandaken, Ulster County, New York. A sub-range of the Catskill Mountains, it consists of Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills, Cornell Mountain and Wittenberg Mountain. The range was named for John Burroughs, a nature essayist whose forte was the observation of nature with accompanying poetical or philosophical commentary. Romer Mountain is located northeast and Friday Mountain is located south of Burroughs Range.