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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site from directly overhead

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site is a historic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Reynolds Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Orchard, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34859628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88551, -73.49727

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 3.9 mi
  • West Hills: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Crucifix Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Victorian Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Colonial Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Brooke Jackman Memorial Reading Garden: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Upper Education Area: 1.2 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 5.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reynolds HillNW 317°180 m20.8 mi
Round HillNNW 329°172 m17.7 mi
Cooney HillNW 321°170 m19.3 mi
Comstock KnollN 5°164 m22.2 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 313°156 m18.5 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 3°141 m21.1 mi
Canoe HillN 3°140 m19.4 mi
Beaver HillNW 306°140 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000096OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1377064568

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