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Map of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in New York. The park is shown in green with the surrounding area in beige. Roads are represented by red lines and trails by black dashed lines. The original estate boundary is a yellow solid line.

Extended Description

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site sits along the east bank of the Hudson River. US Route 9, also labeled Albany Post Road, travels from near the lower left corner up and then across the map, bordering the bottom edge of the park. Albany Post Road continues off the left edge of the map “To Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt” and off the right side “To Albany.”

A park road branches off Albany Post Road to pass the Main Gatehouse and White Bridge before winding across the width of the park. The park road makes a loop in front of Vanderbilt Mansion, which is in the center of the park.

One arm of the park road leads to the right past the Pavilion Visitor Center, Parking, and an Overlook before turning up to Bard Rock and parking, which jut into the Hudson River in the top right quadrant of the map. The other leg of the park road leading from the loop in front of Vanderbilt Mansion passes the Gardener’s Cottage, Toolhouse, and Formal Gardens, which are also accessible by a network of paths. The road continues to the left past a Powerhouse, Coach House, and a Lower Gatehouse in the top left corner of the map. A Service road closed to the public and then a railroad line run near the top boundary of the park along the Hudson River. A Railway station is just outside the park boundaries near the Lower Gatehouse.

There are several points of interest that sit outside the park boundaries to the right but are not open to the public. They include the Howard Mansion, St. James Church, Vanderbilt Farm Buildings, and Estate Superintendent’s House. Sherwood Pond curls near a curve in Albany Post Road about halfway across the map. The yellow lines representing the original estate boundary hug the park along the two short sides and across the long top edge. The original boundaries extend south of Albany Post Road and off the bottom edge of the map.

Legend

A compass at the bottom of the map shows north pointing to the right. A scale next to this measures distances of 0.3 kilometers and 0.3 miles. A note next to the scale reads, “Buildings labeled in gray are privately owned and are not open to the public.”