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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site from directly overhead

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the southwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bard Rock, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79915, -73.94278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Doty Park: 0.5 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pine Woods: 1.1 mi
  • Pine Woods Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hydepark Recreations: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Upper Landing Signage Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Dudley Memorial Plaza: 6.2 mi
  • William W Smith Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • John Falcone Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Columbus Statue: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • LG waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 10.0 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Coward's Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 15.1 mi
Museums: 40
Cliffs: 39
Gardens: 23
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • The Wild Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
  • The Teaching Garden: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • East Cove Beach: 1.8 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 1.8 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Private Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Private Beach: 3.1 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 2.2 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 2.2 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 2.2 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 3.6 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 3.9 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 8.1 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 8.1 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 8.5 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 10.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow: 19.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopSW 219°862 m2.4 mi
Millbrook MountainWSW 247°489 m15.9 mi
Clove MountainESE 121°426 m15.0 mi
Dickie BarreWSW 255°419 m14.1 mi
Whale's HeadWSW 255°415 m14.4 mi
Tower HillE 91°403 m16.0 mi
Guyot HillW 264°383 m9.5 mi
Bonticou CragW 266°350 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4416:29

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dutchman's breeches51 obs
  • Blue Dasher45 obs
  • bloodroot44 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer42 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk40 obs
  • Widow Skimmer39 obs
  • Japanese stiltgrass33 obs
  • red columbine29 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 way/45848493

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