{"id":3555,"date":"2026-06-26T16:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:47:56","slug":"guided-hike-on-new-history-trail-july-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=3555","title":{"rendered":"Guided Hike on NEW History Trail July 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walnut-Mountain-House-history-trail-Panel-5-at-summit-26-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walnut-Mountain-House-history-trail-Panel-5-at-summit-26-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3556\" style=\"width:266px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walnut-Mountain-House-history-trail-Panel-5-at-summit-26-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walnut-Mountain-House-history-trail-Panel-5-at-summit-26-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, July 12<\/strong> <strong>at 4:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public is invited to join a Guided History Hike along the new <strong>Walnut Mountain House History Trail<\/strong> at Walnut Mountain Park in Liberty, NY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Length\/Difficulty: 60-minute (approx. 1 mile) round-trip hike along wide, gently uphill carriage roads. The walk to Walnut Mountain House&#8217;s remaining foundation  is suitable for many ability levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders:<strong> Ruth Huggler and Lisa Lyons<\/strong>, the History Trail\u2019s research team, with support from Town of Liberty, Parks &amp; Recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hike Description<\/strong>: Participants will take a trip back in time to 1886-87 when the Walnut Mountain House (WMH) was built at the summit of Walnut Mountain. The new trail includes <strong>six interpretive panels<\/strong> which were funded in part by a Municipal Partnership Grant from Sullivan 180. <strong>Wooden benches<\/strong> contributed by the Liberty Central School Interact Club\u00a0invite hikers to pause for a break along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meet at the baseball field parking area, Walnut Mountain Rd (off Rt 55), Liberty. The hike starts promptly at 4:00 pm. This history hike is not for dogs. Please register in advance as shown below to help us prepare.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Register <\/strong>by <strong>Sunday, July 12 at 12 PM<\/strong>, by calling Lisa at Morgan Outdoors (845) 693-4181 or in person at Morgan Outdoors, 234 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PHOTO CAPTION<\/strong>:     You&#8217;ve reached the Summit! People are reading Panel #5 which describes the foundation just a few feet away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, July 12 at 4:00 pm The public is invited to join a Guided History Hike along the new Walnut Mountain House History Trail at Walnut Mountain Park in Liberty, NY. Length\/Difficulty: 60-minute (approx. 1 mile) round-trip hike along wide, gently uphill carriage roads. The walk to Walnut Mountain House&#8217;s remaining foundation is suitable for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}