Walt's Lake

Laurel Springs, NJ

There is a small town in South Jersey, about a mile square. It's Laurel Springs, home to the Whitman-Stafford House. In his latter years, Walt Whitman would come here and spend time visiting friends. Nearby is Laurel Lake which is the North Branch of the Big Timber Creek. I can imagine the great poet coming down to the lake, listening to the birds and the wind, feeling the cool water on his feet and jotting down famous lines of poetry.