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Madam Brett Homestead

Madam Brett Homestead from directly overhead

Madam Brett Homestead is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Beacon War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The Madam Brett Homestead is an early 18th-century home and grounds. Dating to 1709, it is the oldest standing building in its part of Dutchess County and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50130, -73.96709

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Roundhouse Trail: 0.3 mi
  • South Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beacon Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Madame Brett Park: 0.9 mi
  • Long Dock Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums: 42
Cliffs: 34
Attractions: 33
Gardens: 30
Beaches: 18
Waterfalls: 15
  • LG waterfall: 11.9 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Madam Brett Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainSW 226°507 m10.8 mi
South Beacon MountainSE 139°491 m1.8 mi
North Beacon MountainSE 128°465 m1.4 mi
Bald HillE 89°456 m2.6 mi
Lambs HillESE 102°454 m2.0 mi
Spy RockSSW 200°441 m8.1 mi
Bull HillS 172°433 m4.4 mi
Crows NestS 187°429 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort56 obs
  • Water caltrop54 obs
  • wineberry46 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly46 obs
  • Central Ratsnake41 obs
  • false indigo bush36 obs
  • mountain laurel32 obs
  • American pokeweed31 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/468951491

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