Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Home of John Whitman, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Home of John Whitman: 0.4 mi
- Site of Stone Fort: 0.6 mi
- Nathaniel Whitman: 0.6 mi
- Peace and Plenty Inn: 0.7 mi
- Mountain Mist Spring: 0.8 mi
- Koster Park: 0.8 mi
- Koster Park: 0.8 mi
- South Huntington School District Softball Fields: 1.0 mi
- Elderwood Lane Park: 1.2 mi
- Whitman Park: 1.2 mi
- Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 1.1 mi
- West Hills Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Froehlich Farms Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 2.3 mi
- West Rogues Wetlands: 2.3 mi
- Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.2 mi
- Rain Garden Planted August 2012: 3.5 mi
- The Sustainable Garden: 4.4 mi
- Garden of Hope: 4.4 mi
- Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Museum of American Armor: 3.3 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 3.5 mi
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
- Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 3.8 mi
- The Arsenal: 3.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Dance of the Polypeptides: 4.1 mi
- Charles Darwin: 4.1 mi
- Three Condors: 4.3 mi
- 9/11 Rescue Dog: 4.4 mi
- ATCG Tower: 4.1 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 6.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 7.3 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 10.7 mi
- Jamaica: 10.8 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 4.6 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 4.9 mi
- Gold Star Battalion Beach: 5.6 mi
- Huntington Beach: 5.9 mi
- Knollwood Beach: 6.2 mi
- Jayne's Hill: 0.7 mi
- West Hills: 1.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 2.7 mi
- Dix Hills: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 3.8 mi
- Lower Education Area: 6.2 mi
- Upper Education Area: 6.2 mi
- Wolf 4: 9.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 8.1 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 9.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 9.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 5.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- The Falls: 22.9 mi
- Farms Falls: 23.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | NW 325° | 172 m | 24.1 mi |
| Canoe Hill | N 352° | 140 m | 24.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | W 260° | 122 m | 0.7 mi |
| Ferris Hill | N 351° | 120 m | 24.8 mi |
| West Hills | W 267° | 106 m | 1.1 mi |
| Harbor Hill | W 264° | 106 m | 12.0 mi |
| Belden Hill | N 357° | 105 m | 24.5 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | N 349° | 102 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 5 mi away.
- mountain laurel101 obs
- American chestnut99 obs
- pink lady's slipper80 obs
- trailing arbutus70 obs
- American wintergreen61 obs
- striped wintergreen60 obs
- Japanese angelica tree55 obs
- eastern white pine45 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 85002549OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/441828116
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 7 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 7 mi
- Bayville · 10 mi
- Nassau County · 10 mi
- Glen Cove · 12 mi
- Hempstead · 13 mi
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