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Outdoors in Liberty

Liberty has 1,367 acres of parks, 132 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Walnut Mountain Park (4.8 mi). 14 miles of mapped trail cross Liberty, 0.2 per square mile of land. 5% of Liberty’s land is conserved, about 2,361 acres.

Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns · #427 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
2,361 acres · of 79.6 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,367 ac
132 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
53%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
11 mi
11 mi paths
Highest peak
2,142 ft
Revonah Hill
Lakes & rivers
13

What kind of outdoors town is Liberty?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam132 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.History along the way13 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Liberty have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Liberty is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #427 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land132 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,367 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home53% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
LessMore
New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 44%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

123
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Walnut Mountain Park, with 4.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Walnut Mountain Park

Managed by Town of Liberty Parks&Recreation Dep.
251 acres4.8 mi of trail
Walnut Loop West (Red)Walnut Loop North (WL-N)Walnut Loop South (Red)Sunset Trail (Yellow)+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park

Managed by Town of Liberty Parks & Recreation Dept.
67 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Smith Road Unit

Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Who protects it

2,361 conserved acres

5% of Liberty’s land. Who manages Liberty’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1,267 ac
Regional Water Districts608 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government268 ac
Other state land165 ac
Joint157 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)154 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits74 ac
Local Park · 1,443 acLocal Other or Unknown · 602 acAgricultural Easement · 310 acState Resource Management Area · 93 acLocal Resource Management Area · 88 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 232 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 22 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Village of Liberty Land
Local Park
Town or city801Unknown
Livingston Manor Water Distric Land
Local Other or Unknown
Regional Water Districts556Unknown
Town Of Liberty Land
Local Park
Town or city454Unknown
William E Pearson Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government99Open
Camp Catskill (Nys Office of Mental Retardation A*
State Resource Management Area
Other state land93Open
Francis A Hanofee Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government87Open
New York State Lands
State Other or Unknown
Other state land72Open
Mamakating Town Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government60Open
Stevensville Water Dist Land
Local Other or Unknown
Regional Water Districts46Unknown
Fallsburg Town Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government22Open

4 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

21 places to go in Liberty

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Liberty
Revonah Hill2,142 ft elevation
Directions
Grants Hill2,106 ft elevation
Directions
Walnut Mountain2,080 ft elevation · In Walnut Mountain Park
Directions
Chuck Hill2,011 ft elevation
Directions

Plus 5 peaks without a name on the map.

Trails & water

8 named trails and 13 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.4 miUnpaved · 4.0 mi
Walnut Loop West (Red)1.0 mi
Walnut Loop North (WL-N)0.6 mi
Walnut Loop South (Red)0.6 mi
Sunset Trail (Yellow)0.5 mi
Mountain Overlook Trail (Orange)0.4 mi
Walnut Loop0.3 mi
Old NY 170.3 mi
Mountain House Trail (Red)0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Cranberry PondDixie LakeGrossingers LakeKees LakeLake BarnabeelakeLily PondreservoirMelbern LakeOlympus LakePearl LakeRevonah LakeSunset LakeSwan LakelakeEast Mongaup River
Biking & sports

11 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

11 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
16Tennis
10Basketball
8Baseball
2Beach volleyball
1Soccer
1Volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

13 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Liberty Village Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1978
About it
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 1997
About it
Jewish Community Center of White Sulphur SpringsBuilding · listed 1999
About it
Tefereth Israel Anshei Parksville SynagogueBuilding · listed 1999
About it
First Methodist Episcopal Church of ParksvilleBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Manion's General StoreBuilding · listed 2004
About it
Shelburne PlayhouseBuilding · listed 2004
About it
Town and Country BuildingBuilding · listed 2004
About it
Ferndale SchoolBuilding · listed 2005
About it
Munson DinerBuilding · listed 2006
About it
Liberty Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2006
About it
Hillig CastleBuilding · listed 2021
About it

1 more on the History page.

When to get out

The best walking months in Liberty: May and July

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.1
High (°F)313442556674787770584736
Rain (in)3.82.93.84.24.45.45.05.15.15.03.84.3

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 5.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Liberty →

Next door

Liberty and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Fallsburg45 miRockland42 miNeversink29 miBethel27 miLiberty14 miCallicoon5.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Liberty5%0.213253%B
Rockland25%0.42,99745%A−
Callicoon3%0.17122%C+
Bethel4%0.340527%B
Fallsburg5%0.69040%B+
Neversink30%0.32,18030%A−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Liberty

Where can I hike in Liberty?

The longest trail networks: Walnut Mountain Park, 4.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Liberty is conserved land?

5% of its land, against a typical 5% for a New York town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Liberty’s trails?

Walnut Mountain Park and Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Liberty?

11 miles of bike routes are on the map: 11 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Liberty?

48,519 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Liberty or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,532 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Liberty have?

Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #427 of 758 in New York. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Liberty neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →