Eel Creek and Cold Spring Harbor

The nature trail leads to Eel Creek and Cold Spring Harbor on the east end of the site.

• An open salt marsh with salt grass, a tidal creek, and gray colored footbridge extending to a dune area on the opposite bank. The dune area is grassy, sandy, and is sometimes flooded by high tide. Beyond the dune lies a pebble beach, with the open water of Cold Spring Harbor. To the east is the eastern shore of Lloyd Neck and to the north the Connecticut shore is visible across Long Island Sound.

Old Orchard

Old Orchard was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Today, it serves as Sagamore Hill's Visitor Center and has exhibits on the life of President Theodore Roosevelt.

• The Old Orchard House sits on four acres of Theodore Roosevelt's original estate in Oyster Bay, NY. It is in the northeast area of the estate. The house is a large Georgian-style brick home with white shutters. The area around the house has many apple and pear trees and the nature trailhead is located to the southwest.

Oyster Bay, New York

A visit to Sagamore Hill is not complete without a visit to nearby historical and natural attractions, including the Village of Oyster Bay, Young's Cemetery (Roosevelt gravesite), Planting Fields, the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center, and numerous other parks, museums.

• Theodore Roosevelt's Life in Oyster Bay, New York.

Roosevelt Home

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. The home served as the “Summer White House” during Roosevelt’s presidency.

• A large three-story house atop a grassy hill. The home has high gables and is painted gray with red brick on the first story. A large porch wraps the western side of the home and overlooks a large open field running down to a road. There is a flagpole and gray memorial gravestone off the southwest corner of the porch. Various types of trees surround the home on three sides. Off the rear of the home, their is a small brick building with a cone shaped roof that was used as an ice house.

Sagamore Hill Garden

The Roosevelt's garden included plots for fruits, vegetables, and decorative flowers for display inside the home.

• A grassy area with a few shrubs and trees, surrounded by a split rail fence. A small, gray wooden building sits near the road under a large sprawling oak tree.

Sagamore Hill Nature Trail

The nature trail leads through woodlands to Eel Creek and Cold Spring Harbor. Visitors can see a variety of wildlife such as songbirds, herons, egrets, osprey, bald eagles, fiddler crabs, white-tail deer, and ducks depending on the season.

• An eight foot wide wooded trail that leads downhill passing a small kettle pond and arriving at a bridge. Below the bridge is a tidal salt marsh. The bridge leads to a harbor beach. The trail then loops back through woods and ends at a large brick house.

Sagamore Hill Overview Exhibit

Located along the main walking path leading to the Roosevelt Home, this wayside exhibit shows an illustrated aerial depiction the buildings and fields of the Sagamore Hill property circa 1918. It serves as the first stop on the self-guided audio tour. 

• A wayside exhibit titled "A Gentleman's Farm, 1918" with an aerial-view illustration of the Sagamore Hill property showing the location of buildings, green fields, woods, and the water of Cold Spring Harbor. The wayside text reads: "This land around you had always been a working farm. When Theodore Roosevelt bought the property in 1880 it already included an Orchard, fields of corn, asparagus, and buckwheat as well as an old barn. After the purchase, Roosevelt had his own ideas of what the farm should look like and cleared about 47 acres, including pastures. With a garden, fields, orchard, pigs, cows, horses, and chickens the farm required a full time farm manager and several full and part time farmhands. Even the Roosevelt family had chores to do. Edith kept the farm books; The children tended their sections of the garden, pulled weeds, and brought in the milk; While Roosevelt loved to roll up his sleeves at haying time.

Sagamore Hill Pet Cemetery

Sagamore Hill's pet cemetery is the resting place of many of the Roosevelt family's cherished animal friends.

• .A light colored stone with the words "Faithful friends" engraved along with the names of several Roosevelt pets. The stone is atop an embankment near the edge of the lawn under large trees and sits near a rose arbor archway with benches.

Sagamore Hill Tennis Court

Tennis was a favorite pastime of the Roosevelt family during their time at Sagamore Hill.

• A rectangular patch of grass at the bottom of a large hill surrounded by trees near a road.

Sagamore Hill as a Working Farm

Sagamore Hill as a Working Farm

• Sagamore Hill is located in Oyster Bay, NY. The farms and groves flanked the house.

Youngs Memorial Cemetery

Youngs Memorial Cemetery (134 Cove Rd, Oyster Bay, NY) is short drive or bike from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, located approximately one and a half miles south of the park. A small, free gravel parking lot is available.

Theodore Roosevelt Museum at Old Orchard

• Theodore Roosevelt Museum at Old Orchard
• The Old Orchard Museum and Visitor Center is open Friday - Sunday from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Check alerts and the Current Conditions page for updates.

• Visit the Roosevelt Gravesite at Youngs Memorial Cemetery
• Youngs Memorial Cemetery is a small cemetery in the village of Oyster Bay, New York. Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States, his wife Edith Roosevelt, and other Roosevelt family members are buried at Youngs Cemetery. It is located approximately one and a half miles south of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.

• Sagamore Hill Little Free Library
• Read like a Roosevelt! Take a book or leave a book at the Sagamore Hill Little Free Library.

• Explore the Historic Village of Oyster Bay, New York
• A visit to Sagamore Hill is not complete without a visit to nearby historical and natural attractions, including the historic Village of Oyster Bay, New York. Oyster Bay was a significant location for the Roosevelts during their time at Sagamore Hill. Today, the picturesque village features shops, restaurants, historic sites, parks, and a waterfront.

• Bring Your BARK Ranger for a Walk
• Your dog is welcome to visit Sagamore Hill with you, as long as you help them be good BARK Rangers by following four simple rules: 1) Bag your pet's waste. 2) Always keep your pet on a leash. 3) Respect Sagamore Hill's wildlife. 4) Know where you can go.

• Explore Park Grounds
• Our park-like grounds are a great place to relax and unwind, just the Roosevelts used to.

• Watch the sunset from the piazza
• If you're visiting on a pretty day, feel free to watch the sun set behind the trees to the west from Theodore Roosevelt's piazza.

• Explore our outdoor exhibits in the Farm Shed and Chicken Coop
• The Farm Shed and Chicken Coop are our two outdoor exhibits, housed in original farm buildings from the Roosevelts' Sagamore Hill farm.

• Self-Guided Tour of Sagamore Hill
• Explore Sagamore Hill's grounds on your own, using our wayside panels, our cellphone-based audio tour, or our self-guided tour on the NPS App!

• Go Birdwatching at Sagamore Hill
• Sagamore Hill contains a range of vegetation types and habitats that are utilized by a variety of bird species. Our natural lands consist of a mature forest, a salt marsh, and beach habitats. Notable species found here include the Winter Wren, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Come be like Theodore Roosevelt and admire the birds of Sagamore Hill.

• Attend an Outdoor Program
• Sagamore Hill offers outdoor programs on weekends, weather permitting. Join a Ranger for a walk around the grounds or a chat on the porch. On days when we aren't offering programs - or if you ever have a question - find a Ranger! We're here to help you enjoy your time at the Roosevelts' home.

• Visit Eel Creek and Cold Spring Harbor
• Sagamore Hill’s nature trail leads to scenic water views of Eel creek, a tidal salt marsh creek, and a beach on Cold Spring Harbor.

• Appreciate Sagamore Hill's Architecture
• Sagamore Hill is unlike the other Gold Coast mansions on Long Island's North Shore. Come take a walk around the home of Theodore Roosevelt and imagine what it would have been like to come for a visit with the Roosevelts.

• Hike Sagamore Hill's Nature Trail
• Take a walk in the footsteps of the Roosevelts and explore the woodlands and beach of Sagamore Hill on a 0.7 mile nature trail.

Sagamore Hill Self-Guided Grounds Walk

Explore the outdoors at Sagamore Hill! This tour features several stops of significance to the Roosevelt Family, such as the Roosevelt Home, the pet cemetery, Old Orchard, and the beach on Cold Spring Harbor. This tour is approximately 1.7 miles long and can take one or two hours to complete. Most of the paths are paved, with dirt sections on the carriage path and nature trail. The nature trail section, which begins adjacent to Old Orchard, has moderately steep sections and some beach walking.