Park Unit 96: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

To complete our Roosevelt Weekend, we spent the day at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island. We've driven past this area many times on our way out to Westhampton, but like so many things close to home, we never explored the site like a tourist!

We arrived early and signed up for a tour of the house. Then we walked through the woods down the water. The area was so beautiful in early spring - and peacefully quiet. The creeks, inlets, and bays of the north shore of Long Island have their own special charm which reminded me of Baiting Hollow when I was a child.

We walked around the grounds, then made our way up the hill to the house for our tour. As always, we learned a lot about Theodore Roosevelt, and the time period he lived in the house. The more we experience historical sites, the more we get a more complete picture of various time periods. 

We were not supposed to take photos in the house, but we sneaked one in:

I learned after visiting the historic site that Google Arts & Culture has a virtual tour of Sagamore Hill which is the next best thing to going there! https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site