Walnut Mt. and Chunk Hill, 2242 feet above the sea. Liberty, N.Y.
Walnut Mountain is a popular public park located southeast of the village of Liberty in Sullivan County, New York. The park has approximately 13 miles of trails, numerous sports fields and offers beautiful views.
James Eldridge Quinlan in his 1873 History of Sullivan County described the mountain: “Walnut mountain, one of the peaks of this range, has an elevation* of 1,984 feet above the ocean level. Like the majority of our hills and mountains, it is fertile from its base to its summit. Its sides and top, where the woods have been subdued, are fruitful in grass and grain. One of its singular features is, that near its highest park is a never-failing spring of pure cold water; and another is, the walnut abounds on it, while that tree does not thrive on the adjacent lands.
*Professor Antisell. Some writers give its height as 2,130 feet.”
Well-known photographer Otto Hillig of Liberty, New York published this vintage postcard. It was never mailed.
