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Cedarmere

Cedarmere from directly overhead

Cedarmere is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is William Cullent Bryant, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The story

The Clayton-Cedarmere Estates are located in Roslyn Harbor, New York, United States, listed jointly on the National Register of Historic Places & New York State Register of Historic Places in 1986. Clayton – the bulk of the property – is the large landscaped Bryce/Frick estate, now home to the Nassau County Museum of Art. Cedarmere – the smaller of the two – is William Cullen Bryant's estate, currently undergoing interior renovation, is located on the west side of Bryant Avenue; overlooking Hempstead Harbor, now a historic house museum. The grounds are open to the public. The two combined properties, with input from several notable architects, illustrate the development of estates on the North Shore of Long Island over a period of nearly a century. Bryant originally owned almost the entire property. Fifteen years after Bryant's death, in 1893, Lloyd Bryce bought the largely undeveloped inland portion of the estate and hired Ogden Codman, Jr. to design a mansion for it. In 1919, the dying Henry Clay Frick purchased the estate for his son Childs, who, after renovating it and expanding it, lived there with his family until his 1965 death. Four years later, it was turned over to the county for use as a museum.

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Wikidata Q1052546, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2013
Material
aluminium
Inscription
THE HOME FROM 1843 TO 1878 OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1878), PROMINENT AMERICAN POET, NEWSPAPER EDITOR AND CIVIC LEADER

What to expect

Operated by
William G. Pomeroy Foundation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.81085, -73.64578

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
  • Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Park: 0.4 mi
  • Roslyn Waterfront Promenade: 0.4 mi
  • Skillman Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Roslyn Harbor Pond Park: 0.7 mi
  • Roslyn Pines Swim & Tennis Club: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.3 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 9.1 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Sea Cliff Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.1 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 37
  • Lindens B: 6.6 mi
  • West Lindens: 6.6 mi
  • Lindens A: 6.6 mi
  • North Maples: 6.6 mi
  • Cedars: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
  • The Loch: 16.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.2 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Cedarmere. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 337°211 m22.4 mi
Mount NeboNW 318°208 m22.0 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 343°180 m21.4 mi
Round HillN 356°172 m20.3 mi
Cooney HillNNW 347°170 m20.5 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 342°156 m18.7 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 332°147 m21.9 mi
Beaver HillNNW 332°140 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13286603450

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