In 1825, Long Island historian Silas Wood called it "Oakley's High Hill Field" with a surveyor telling him it was 354.5 feet (108.1 m).

In 1881, Whitman wrote: "I write this back again at West Hills on a high elevation (the highest spot on Long Island?)

A view of thirty of forty, or even fifty or more miles, especially to the east and south and southwest: the Atlantic Ocean to the latter points in the distance - a glimpse or so of Long Island Sound to the north.

This in combination with forest growth overtaking the grasslands once present on the hill severely restrict the views once beheld by Whitman.

[6] As part of West Hills County Park, the summit is located on public land and lies along the white-blazed Walt Whitman trail.

The closest parking is at the end of Reservoir Road in West Hills, New York near the private grounds of a county water tower.