Rockefeller State Park Preserve
41°6′42″N 73°50′11″W / 41.11167°N 73.83639°W
Rockefeller State Park Preserve is a
Features
Rockefeller State Park Preserve is designated by the
Rockefeller State Park Preserve abuts the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The preserve also abuts extensive private land owned by the Rockefeller family which is open to the public. The trails in the private area, still in use by the Rockefeller family[3] and also open to the public, connect with those in the state park.[4] Many of these trails were planned and laid out by John D. Rockefeller (Sr.) and his descendants.[5] Access to these trails, and additional access to the state park trails, is available from Sleepy Hollow Road and Bedford Road/Route 448 in Sleepy Hollow. A section of the State Park is west of the Preserve, along the Hudson River, and is called the Rockwood Hall section.
The Visitor Center in the Preserve also has a small art gallery that frequently displays paintings and photographic art works of local artists.[6]
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, "a nonprofit farm and educational center designed to demonstrate, teach and promote sustainable, community-based food production," is located within walking distance of the preserve.[7] The pigs from Stone Barns often forage in the woods of the preserve. Cattle also graze the preserve's land.[8]
Raven Rock, a large outcrop in the southeaster corner of the Preserve, is mentioned in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as being "[haunted by a woman in white who] was often heard to shriek on winter nights before a storm, having perished there in the snow".[9]
The park is open year-round, from sunrise to sunset, with office hours from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is a $6.00 fee for parking.
Rockwood Hall
Rockwood Hall, a section of the state park, was formerly the site of the home of
In 1971 Representative
The land has been used as part of the park since the 1970s, when Laurence Rockefeller leased the estate to New York for use as a park.[10]
In popular culture
- The park's entrance on New York State Route 117 and the highway itself were used briefly in the 2002 comedy, Super Troopers.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Rockefeller State Park Preserve Designated a New York State Historic Place".
- ^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 674. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (February 23, 2007). "Spending a Day at the Rockefellers' - The New York Times". The New York Times.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ R. Chernow, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller", Vintage Books, New York, 2004.
- ^ "Rockefeller State Park Preserve".
- ^ "New York State Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation".
- ^ "The Rockefeller State Preserve and Stone Barns Carry On a Legacy of Giving Back". Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Irving, Washington. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Wikisource. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ a b "Rockwood Hall in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve" (PDF). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^
Richard L. Madden (September 11, 1971). "Gardiner Fights Move To Make Island Public". Washington DC. p. A3. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
I certainly feel that as long as the Rockefellers can have Pocantico Hills we lowly Gardiners in the fourth century of ownership should be allowed to have our estate.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)