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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site from directly overhead

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 67 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the west, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, a park 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
67 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.76204, -73.89902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: 0.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Memorial Fields: 1.1 mi
  • Fallkill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Greenfields Park: 1.3 mi
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks: 53
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 1.9 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 1.9 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 1.9 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 2.1 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 3.3 mi
Museums: 46
Cliffs: 34
Gardens: 26
  • The Wild Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 1.9 mi
  • The Teaching Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • LG waterfall: 6.5 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 12.9 mi
  • Coward's Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 22
  • East Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Berean Park Beach: 5.1 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Private Beach: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 7.3 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 9.7 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 9.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 11.6 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 11.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow: 23.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 23.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopW 280°862 m3.8 mi
Clove MountainESE 116°426 m11.8 mi
Dickie BarreW 266°419 m15.9 mi
Dennis HillESE 118°416 m15.9 mi
Whale's HeadW 266°415 m16.2 mi
Tower HillE 80°403 m13.9 mi
East MountainESE 116°393 m14.6 mi
Guyot HillW 278°383 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068737264524233
Precip in3.52.83.53.93.54.64.54.34.64.63.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Japanese stiltgrass27 obs
  • Japanese barberry20 obs
  • Monarch16 obs
  • multiflora rose16 obs
  • bloodroot13 obs
  • Painted Turtle12 obs
  • Christmas fern12 obs
  • tree-of-heaven12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357607517

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