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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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The Basics...

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. The home is preserved as it was during his residency from 1887 to 1919 by the National Park Service and designated as the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.

Location

Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 45 miles east of New York City. Click here for directions

Getting in Touch

(516) 922-4447 offers 24-hour recorded information.
(516) 922-4788 for park offices, 9 AM to 4:30 PM (Eastern Time).
Email: sahi_interpretation@nps.gov

Address

Sagamore Hill
National Historic Site
20 Sagamore Hill Road
Oyster Bay, New York 11771-1807

Planning Ahead For an Enjoyable Visit

A typical visit to Sagamore Hill can take several hours or more. The site is often very busy, and house tours may not be immediately available. On busy days in the afternoon, there can be a wait of 1.5 to 2 hours to join a guided tour of the home. There are no delays in a self guided visit to The Old Orchard Museum.

On weekend afternoons, if weather and staffing permit, a free ranger-led walk on the grounds is offered.

Theodore Roosevelt and Family at Sagamore Hill

Tours of the Theodore Roosevelt Home

First rule to remember - earlier is better... It is also the second and third rule too...
Admission to the Theodore Roosevelt home is by guided tour only. Self-guided tours of the Roosevelt home were discontinued over a decade ago to better preserve the Roosevelt home.
Each tour is limited to 14 people. The busiest times at Sagamore Hill will only have 14 tours offered to only 200 people of the Roosevelt home that day.
Tours last about 50 minutes offered on the hour from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Tickets for guided tours are offered on a first-come-first serve basis at the Visitor Center only on the day of the tour.
On busy days (see below) when tours sell out early, a quick walk through of the first floor of the Roosevelt home is often offered at 4:20 PM.
No advance reservations are available, but tickets can be purchased early in the morning for tours later in the day.
Groups of 10 or more people are required to make prior arrangements to tour the Roosevelt home . Group visits are limited to specific times and dates. Please contact us with a minimum of two weeks and up to six months in advance.

The Busiest Times at the
Theodore Roosevelt Home

67,200 people visit Sagamore Hill annually. Peak visitation occurs July 4 to Labor Day.

On these days, tours often sell out by early afternoon:

Weekends - Spring through Fall, especially during nice weather.
School holidays - Columbus Day weekend, Thanksgiving weekend, weekends before and the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the weekend before and after President's Day (the February mid-winter school break on Long Island), school spring breaks and the weeks of Passover and Easter.
Federal holidays - Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Presidents Day.
Summer vacation season - July 1 to September 10, especially the month of August.

The Better Times to Visit the Theodore Roosevelt Home

Weekends, School holidays, Federal holidays, Summer vacation season - Mornings, from 9 AM to 11 AM. We occasionally schedule scout groups and commercial tours at these times on weekends, call for details.
Weekdays when school is in session - Afternoons from 1 PM to 4 PM. School groups are typically scheduled for at 10 AM and 11:30 AM.

Links and other places of interest on this website

Directions
Inside Theodore Roosevelt's House A peek at the first floor.
Theodore Roosevelt's Children
Theodore Roosevelt and Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Theodore Roosevelt Resources- Internet resources about TR collections at Harvard, Library of Congress, PBS television films.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association Extensive information about the life and times of TR.

Temporary Employment Opportunities at Sagamore Hill and the National Park Service. Information on positions for temporary tour guides and visitor use assistants and links to National Park Service job information.
Volunteer Application Forms and Information
Eastern National Bookstore at Sagamore Hill
Applications for commercial filming and special park use permits
Legislative History of Sagamore Hill
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Last Updated: 11-June-2004