Delaware County

Barkaboom Road in Delaware County is a very scenic drive, home to scenic country fields and the always beautiful Tompkins Falls. The 3,110 foot Barkaboom Mountain is located nearby and makes for a short, bushwhack hike. According to one source the name Barkaboom derives from either the Dutch word ‘berkenboom’, meaning “birch tree”, or perhaps otherwise a family name. (Van Der Sijs. Cookies, Coleslaw and Stoops. Page 52.) Another source however states that the Barkaboom name “is of Indian origin, signifying a birch bridge, and alludes to an immense birch tree which had so fallen as to make a suitable bridge on one of the Indian trails crossing this stream.” (History of Delaware County, N.Y. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1880. Page 111.)