It encompasses 45.26 acres (18.32 ha), with mature trees and puddingstone outcrops, and was laid out in 1875 in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style.

[1] Walnut Hills Cemetery is located in southern Brookline, south of the junction of Grove Street and Allandale Road.

Covering about 45 acres (18 ha), the cemetery is characterized by rolling hills, with occasional steep slopes, and mature plantings.

[2] In 1874 the town of Brookline authorized the purchase of 30 acres (12 ha) for a new cemetery, as its Old Burying Ground was filling up.

[2] Several individuals of local and national importance are buried here, including: Media related to Walnut Hills Cemetery (Brookline, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons