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John Jay Homestead

John Jay Homestead from directly overhead

John Jay Homestead is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Potting Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

National Historic Landmark/National Register (90NR02425)

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24973, -73.65857

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Beaver Dam Park: 0.8 mi
  • Katonah Memorial Park Baseball Field: 1.8 mi
  • Katonah Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 2.5 mi
  • Bedford Hills Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Aspetong: 1.7 mi
  • Fox Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Indian Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Guard Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 2.5 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 2.8 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 3.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 4.6 mi
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 4.2 mi
  • River Arch: 12.7 mi
  • Arc: 14.5 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 14.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 14.9 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 27
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 11
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 3.9 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.4 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 19.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of John Jay Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNE 52°299.314 m7.0 mi
Senior HillNNW 332°292 m9.3 mi
Watermelon HillNNW 338°290 m8.6 mi
Barlow MountainENE 58°290 m9.9 mi
West MountainENE 61°285 m7.8 mi
Ned MountainNE 47°284 m9.9 mi
Seth Low MountainNE 54°283 m9.3 mi
Titicus MountainNE 45°281 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee91 obs
  • garlic mustard77 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle67 obs
  • Porcelain Berry63 obs
  • Japanese barberry58 obs
  • Eastern Black-legged Tick56 obs
  • wineberry55 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly55 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000918OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/307241108

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