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Sagamore Hill National Site Visitor Center
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Category: Landmarks & Historical Buildings [Edit]
Sagamore Hill RdOyster Bay, NY 11771
(516) 922-7866
8 reviews for Sagamore Hill National Site Visitor Center
We chose not to take the house tour since my friends and I are not impressed by flagrant rabid animal blood lust, big sticks and what not... and we had just missed it and didn't feel like waiting around for the next one. So instead we spend the days as gentiles, perusing the free museum, strolling the nature trail and splashing around in the private Roosevelt beach at Cold Spring Harbor... nobody got naked... you can't prove it... and it was only for like five seconds...
There are also domestic turkeys poking around... and those suckers sure can run if you try to chase them, which we did... all in all a pretty fun day!
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I highly recommend the Roosevelt house for a little good Long Island history. Well run museum, not crowded (even on a Saturday). Nice grounds to walk around and a great place to relax and take a bit of a hike.
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What a great place to learn about history and the Roosevelt family!
First, buy the tickets from the Visitor's Information Center. Get a ticket that gives you at least an hour from the time you arrive (Cost = $5.00 per person). Then, walk down to the Museum and go to see the movie about the Roosevelt family. Then walk through the Museum (in chronological order... start on the room to the right of the entrance or opposite to the Guard stand) and walk your way through. Very interesting facts and artifacts to look and enjoy.
(By the way, the Museum is free as well as the Natural Trail behind it and grounds - so if your day is a short one, this is an excellent way to spend some time in the area - as well as the Roosevelt Arboretum located a little bit down the road.)
The tour is worth your while. However, the actual enjoyment of the tour depends on your tour guide. There are some who have a 'script' of the house, explaining all you see and facts of the many artifacts, paintings and rooms you walk through. However, the tour guide we had, was a very relaxed guy who did not say anything unless you asked question. Very nice guy, but I rather would have liked if he explained the rooms and interesting facts of it, rather than let people just wondering and asking questions.
This place is super nice, enjoyable and a great experience for those who want to learn a little bit of history while enjoying nature and the grounds. Highly recommend it! Go on a weekday if you can, and early, so you can enjoy the tour as well as the arboretum.
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A great way to learn about our former President. There is also a walking trail to the LI sound in the back. :)
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Teddy...Myth or Conquerer or Maybe Mythical Beast Conqerer (how do you spell Con-ker-er?)Anyways he was one cool president that just happened to have a summer house in Long Island, F CAMP DAVID!!! He got presents from Indians, Prisioners and Princes and stocked them up in his living room, but this is not for the faint of heart....he has an umbrella holder made out of an elephant's leg! For eel squirmy! The people that give the tours are Natiional Park rangers and they tend to be the square Dudley Doright types so no farting in the foyer, unless your prepared to blame it on the nearest tourist. This guy really knew how to decorate his club house cause there is samurai swords and ancient flags everywhere along with a bunch of crap that looks like it was stolen off the set of Little House on the Prarie. So go and get educated on the Teddy Bear and plop a squat under a cherry tree!
At 30 years old, and after living on Long Island my whole life, I finally visited Sagamore Hill for the first time last weekend. It was such a nice day to see a bit of history, and do something a bit different.
The grounds and house are so beautiful, the tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly and interesting. The price could not be beat!
I highly recommend it for anyone looking for something cool to do!
This is a great place to kill a summer afternoon with the family - beautiful park like setting and you learn a little history.
This is actually T.R's house and the "summer" White House from when he was the President.
Living in a town where every other building is Teddy-this or Teddy-that, it is also nice to have the actual place he worked and lived right outside of town.
The grounds are well maintained but it is the main house that is the star. As you go from room to room you understand what kind of guy he was and just how incredible it must have been to be alive during his time.
Highly recommended!
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I used to go to Sagamore Hill (AKA The Teddy Roosevelt House) a lot as a kid, & I learned from a very young age that TR was the single biggest badass to ever hold the US Presidency. As a matter of fact, I'm inclined to say Chuck Norris a Bitch in comparison. Teddy Roosevelt would most definitely kick his ass, eat his carcass & use his broken bones to pick meat from his teeth afterwards.
My favorite Teddy Roosevelt Facts are as follows (these are all true):
1. Theodore Roosevelt was shot on October 14, 1912 just before giving a speech during his run as "Bull Moose" candidate. Even though the bullet entered his lung, he still gave the speech.
2. Roosevelt was blind in his left eye. He lost his eyesight when he was boxing.
3. He wore a ring containing a lock of Abe Lincoln's hair to his inauguration.
4. When Theodore Roosevelt became President, there were only five National Parks: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, General Grant (now part of Sequoia) and Mount Ranier. TR added five more parks and eighteen National Monuments to that list for the enjoyment of future generations. This earned him the nickname "The National Parks President".
6. Roosevelt had a photographic memory. He could read a page in the time it took anyone else to read a sentence.
7. Roosevelt's wife and mother died on the same day, February 14, 1884. (He looked at the sky & replied "is that the best you can do?")
8. He was our youngest president (younger than Kennedy at the time McKinley was shot and he was inaugurated).
9. Roosevelt was the first president to leave the continental U.S. while in office. He went to Panama in 1906.
10. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role of peacemaker in the Russo-Japanese War. He was the first American to ever win the award.
11. The teddy bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt. (very deceptively, if you ask me).
12. He was the first President to ride in an airplane. He flew for four minutes in a plane built by the Wright Brothers on October 11, 1910.
13. Roosevelt wanted the motto "In God We Trust" removed from the new $20 gold coin designed in 1907. Roosevelt felt it was blasphemous to use the Lord's name on coins that were so often used to buy "worldly" goods and services. After a huge public outcry, Congress passed a law requiring "In God We Trust" be returned to all United States coinage at once. (Amen to the separation of church & state).
14. He uttered the famous phrase "Speak softly & carry a big stick". (ladies, are you hot & bothered yet?)
15. Teddy Roosevelt is my favorite president.
The End.
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