Things to Do

Sleepy Hollow's best sights sit close together along Broadway and the Pocantico River valley: churchyard legend, Hudson Valley estates, and wooded Rockefeller land.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst is a Gothic Revival mansion on the Hudson, best known as the former home of railroad magnate Jay Gould. The house is a …

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02

Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground

The Old Dutch Church is the heart of Sleepy Hollow's legend: a fieldstone church founded in the late 1600s, with the burying ground Washington …

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03

Kykuit

Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, looks west over the Hudson from a broad hilltop. Tours take in the house, terraces, gardens, and art collection, but …

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04

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery spreads north of the Old Dutch burying ground with steep lanes, wooded slopes, and elaborate mausoleums. Washington Irving is buried here, …

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05

Sunnyside

Sunnyside is the Hudson Valley home of Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Guided tours lead through …
06

Union Church of Pocantico Hills

Union Church of Pocantico Hills is a small stone church made remarkable by its stained glass. Windows by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall were …
07

Rockefeller State Park Preserve

Rockefeller State Park Preserve protects the old estate carriage roads, Pocantico River woods, fields, and Swan Lake. It is the place to walk off …

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08

Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor is a restored mill and trading complex on the Pocantico River. The interpretation is strongest when it moves beyond costume history and …

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09

Villa Lewaro

Villa Lewaro is the Italianate mansion built in 1918 for Madam C. J. Walker, the cosmetics entrepreneur often cited as America's first self-made Black …

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10

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture occupies part of the former Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills. Its demonstration gardens, greenhouses, and education programs …
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Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

Stone Barns Center turns part of the former Rockefeller estate into a working lesson in regional farming. The greenhouses, gardens, and programs are most …
12

Andre Captor's Monument

Andre Captor's Monument marks the Revolutionary War episode in which three local militiamen captured British officer John Andre and exposed Benedict Arnold's plot to …

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13

Glazier Preserve

Glazier Preserve is a quiet arboretum of meadows, woods, pond, and wetland just outside Sleepy Hollow. Boardwalks and easy paths make it a simple …

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