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Walnut Mountain Park

Liberty Tree–Sunset Trail (Yellow), 5 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 57 min

Liberty Tree–Sunset Trail (Yellow), 5 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Walnut Mountain Park near Liberty, NY. The route reaches Liberty Tree. It climbs 493 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,637 – 2,110 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Toil and Trouble (2) 41.79569, -74.76048
Nearest town Liberty, NY
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Liberty Tree–Sunset Trail (Yellow), 5 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 57 min

Elevation 1,637–2,111 ft

Out & Back · Walnut Mountain Park

Trailhead: Toil and Trouble (2) · 41.79569, -74.76048

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Toil and Trouble (2), heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Liberty Tree.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading S.
  6. 400 ftTurn left onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading S.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Walnut Loop West (Red), heading S.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop West (Red), heading S.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading S.
  12. 450 ftBear right onto Mountain Overlook Trail (Orange), heading E.
  13. 400 ftSharp right onto Walnut Loop, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading SE.
  15. 100 ftSharp left onto Mountain House Trail (Red), heading S.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sunset Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miReach Liberty Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mountain House Trail (Red), heading S.
  19. 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading NE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftSharp left onto Mountain Overlook Trail (Orange), heading N.
  22. 400 ftBear left onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading SE.
  23. 450 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop West (Red), heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading SE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop West (Red), heading SE.
  26. 200 ftTurn right onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading SE.
  27. 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading N.
  29. 350 ftBear left onto Yellow Brick Road (1), heading NW.
  30. 100 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Loop North (WL-N), heading NW.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Toil and Trouble (2), heading E.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/liberty-tree-out-back

Trail surface

78% dirt7% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 1 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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