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Sands-Willets Homestead

Sands-Willets Homestead from directly overhead

Sands-Willets Homestead is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in New York, United States

Wikidata Q7416888, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81610, -73.68060

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Colonial Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Miriam Benzell Green: 0.2 mi
  • Flower Hill Village Park: 0.4 mi
  • Flower Hill Village Park: 0.4 mi
  • Henry W. Johanson Green: 0.5 mi
  • Henry W. Johanson Green: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Saint Francis Hospital 9/11 Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Monfort Cemetery: 1.0 mi
  • Franciscan Missionaries Marker: 1.0 mi
  • Munsey Park Vietnam Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Plandome War Memorial: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.3 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Queens High Point: 4.5 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.8 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 10.5 mi
Attractions
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 8.9 mi
  • Circle Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Pinetum: 8.9 mi
  • Unity Garden: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Lindens B: 8.0 mi
  • West Lindens: 8.0 mi
  • Lindens A: 8.0 mi
  • North Maples: 8.0 mi
  • Cedars: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.7 mi
  • The Loch: 14.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Sands-Willets Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 342°211 m21.4 mi
Mount NeboNW 321°208 m20.6 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 347°180 m20.5 mi
Round HillN 1°172 m19.9 mi
Cooney HillN 352°170 m19.9 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 347°156 m17.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 336°147 m20.7 mi
Beaver HillNNW 336°140 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002425OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Sands--Willets Homestead, reference 85002425, listed 09/19/85.

OpenStreetMap element way/769973595

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