Pine Hill is a hamlet in the western part of the town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 275. Pine Hill became an important tourist community when the Ulster and Delaware Railroad reached it in 1872. It was known as the "Saratoga" of the Catskills due to the local Crystal Springs bott…Pine Hill is a hamlet in the western part of the town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 275. Pine Hill became an important tourist community when the Ulster and Delaware Railroad reached it in 1872. It was known as the "Saratoga" of the Catskills due to the local Crystal Springs bottling company. In 1895, Pine Hill became an incorporated village, but the village voted to dissolve its incorporation in 1985, becoming an unincorporated entity.