Museum · New York
Blauvelt Homestead
Blauvelt Homestead is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Rockhouse Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Society of Rockland County Grounds, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Built in 1832 by Jacob Blauvelt
What to expect
- Operated by
- Historical Society of Rockland County
How to reach it
Coordinates41.17103, -73.98694
- 11.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Historical Society of Rockland County Grounds: 0.0 mi
- Zukor Park: 0.1 mi
- Kennedy-Dells Park: 0.5 mi
- Kennedy - Dells County Park: 0.5 mi
- Community Park and Sandpit: 0.9 mi
Museums
- History Center Museum: 0.0 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 5.8 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 6.4 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 6.4 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 8.6 mi
Historic sites
- Vickers & Sons Bell: 0.0 mi
- New City Welcome area and fountain: 1.6 mi
- Kevin Landau Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Treason Site: 2.2 mi
- Treason Site: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- High Tor: 1.6 mi
- South Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Tor: 1.7 mi
- Treason Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cheesecote Mountain: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Brickhead Truth: 2.0 mi
- River Arch: 6.1 mi
- Tappan Zee: 7.0 mi
- Approach: 7.1 mi
- The Flux of Being: 7.2 mi
Cliffs
- Scenic Overlook: 2.6 mi
- Pulpit: 8.5 mi
- Jersey Volunteers: 9.3 mi
- Kitty Corners: 9.3 mi
- Torch: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Gurnee Park: 2.6 mi
- Oscawana Island Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- George's Island Park: 5.1 mi
- Graff Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Oscawana Preserve: 5.3 mi
Gardens
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 5.8 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 8.1 mi
Attractions
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.9 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 7.6 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 7.7 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 7.7 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 39
- Ten Eycks Beach: 5.2 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.4 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 7.8 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 8.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach Club: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
- Kakiat Park: 6.9 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 15.8 mi
- Area B: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.6 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 16.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 18.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Doodletown: 8.9 mi
- Monksville: 16.6 mi
- New City Village: 23.6 mi
- Dicktown: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Execution Rocks Light: 24.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Blauvelt Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhouse Mountain | NW 311° | 387 m | 7.2 mi |
| Breakneck Mountain | WNW 289° | 384 m | 6.1 mi |
| Jackie Jones Mountain | NW 309° | 383 m | 5.7 mi |
| West Mountain | N 351° | 382 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ladentown Mountain | WNW 292° | 378 m | 5.7 mi |
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | W 281° | 378 m | 5.9 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | W 275° | 378 m | 7.8 mi |
| Big Hill | WNW 302° | 374 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6327571234
Day trips start here
- New City · 2 mi
- Rockland County · 3 mi
- Monsey · 5 mi
- Nanuet · 5 mi
- Spring Valley · 5 mi
- Stony Point · 5 mi
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