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Heavy Visitation Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday June 4, 5 & 6!
From Tuesday through Thursday June 4, 5 & 6 the site has limited openings on tours between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm due to visitation by school groups. Visitors are advised to phone the park at 518-758-9689 to determine when openings are available.
Operating Hours & Seasons
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Sign-up for tours at the visitor center. Tours begin at the top of every hour from 9:00 to 4:00. Operating Hours & Seasons The 2013 visitor season begins May 20th at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. President Van Buren's mansion will open for tours daily. Sign-up for tours at the visitor center. Tours begin at the top of every hour from 9:00 to 4:00. The visitor season runs seven days-a-week from mid-May to October 31. An entrance fee for those 16 and older, to tour the house, is collected at the Visitor Center located across the Old Post Road from the parking lot. The Visitor Center is open daily from from 9:00am to 4:30pm. Please see the park ranger there for additional information on fees, tours and sales items. Holders of America the Beautiful The National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Pass are admitted free. Daily activities include ranger-led tours of Lindenwald. See the centerpiece of President Van Buren's Lindenwald farm. The mansion is also where Van Buren managed two presidential campaigns and entertained politicians and celebrities during the turbulent 1840's and 1850's. There is no charge to walk the grounds which are available year round from 7:00 a.m. to dusk. Pick up a brochure and site bulletin in the parking lot and follow the three quarter-mile wayside loop to learn more about the founder of the Democratic Party. |
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Did You Know?
That Abraham Van Buren, the President's oldest son, was introduced to his future wife Angelica Singleton of South Carolina, by her cousin Dolly Madison.