Washington Irving Memorial
Washington Irving Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Catamount Mountain stands 325 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyndhurst Mansion, a museum 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
The Washington Irving Memorial is located at Broadway (US 9) and West Sunnyside Lane in Irvington, New York. It features a bust of Irving and sculptures of two of his better-known characters by Daniel Chester French, set in a small stone plaza at the street corner designed by Charles A. Platt. It is near Irving's Sunnyside estate. A local woman, Jennie Prince Black, pushed for the memorial's creation and construction in 1909, since Sunnyside was then still an Irving family residence closed to the public and his admirers had few places to pay their respects to him. Her dream took almost 20 years to realize. The memorial went through a difficult construction process, passing through several proposed locations and many financial difficulties before it could finally be dedicated in 1927, a year later than originally planned. The opening of Sunnyside since then has led the Irving admirers there instead, but after a major restoration in the late 20th century it remains true to its original design. In 2000, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1927.
Wikidata Q7971997, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 4.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lyndhurst Mansion: 0.5 mi
- Philipsburg Manor Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
- Hastings Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Hudson River Museum: 6.7 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 7.8 mi
- Tappan Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hackley Hill: 1.8 mi
- Beaver Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tallman Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Kykuit Hill: 3.0 mi
- House Of Sports: 2.6 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 2.8 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 2.8 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 2.9 mi
- Garden Remants: 5.7 mi
- Huylers Beach: 9.2 mi
- Shore Acres Pool Club Beach: 10.2 mi
- Greenhaven Beach: 10.7 mi
- Manor Beach: 10.8 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 10.9 mi
- Lyndhurst Estate: 0.5 mi
- Matthiessen Park: 0.7 mi
- Lagana Field: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Scenic Hudson Park: 1.1 mi
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 3.6 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Dooryard Garden: 4.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.7 mi
- Bronxville Giving Garden: 8.0 mi
- Current: 1.2 mi
- Converging Vistas: 1.3 mi
- Great Hunger Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Leaping Sturgeon: 3.5 mi
- The Flux of Being: 3.8 mi
- Cyrus Field Road: 1.4 mi
- Macy's Monument: 1.5 mi
- Watchfires: 1.9 mi
- Chistopher Columbus Monument: 2.3 mi
- André Captors' Monument: 2.3 mi
- Raven's Rock: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- The Palisades: 7.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Pulpit: 17.0 mi
- Sheldon Swamp: 1.0 mi
- Taxter Ridge: 1.1 mi
- East Irvington Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Juhring Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Piermont Marsh Tidal Wetland: 2.4 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.5 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Area B: 14.1 mi
- Area C: 14.2 mi
- Farms Falls: 13.9 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.6 mi
- The Loch: 18.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 18.5 mi
- Great Falls: 19.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 18.3 mi
- Doodletown: 18.9 mi
- Monksville: 23.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Washington Irving Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catamount Mountain | NW 306° | 325 m | 14.9 mi |
| Cheesecote Mountain | NW 318° | 296 m | 14.5 mi |
| Eagle Rock | NW 311° | 293 m | 15.0 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NNE 13° | 253 m | 14.2 mi |
| High Tor | NNW 331° | 244 m | 11.0 mi |
| Horse Stable Rock | WNW 303° | 242 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dickerson Mountain | N 359° | 237 m | 14.6 mi |
| Guard Hill | NE 37° | 226 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 00001062OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Washington Irving Memorial, reference 00001062, listed 09/08/00.
OpenStreetMap element node/4721829029
Day trips start here
- Irvington · 1 mi
- Tarrytown · 1 mi
- Dobbs Ferry · 2 mi
- Elmsford · 2 mi
- Piermont · 3 mi
- Sleepy Hollow · 3 mi
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