Complete information for planning your trip to Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is now on National Park Planner!
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York, preserves Eleanor’s Val-Kill estate. The park was created in 1977 after a successful grassroots campaign to save Val-Kill from real estate developers who planned to tear everything down and build condominiums. The park opened to the public in 1984. The Stone Cottage, the original house at Val-Kill, now serves as the visitor center where guests can pick up a park brochure, peruse exhibits about Eleanor and her furniture business, Val-Kill Industries, and sign up for a free tour of the Val-Kill Cottage, her home from 1945 until her death in 1962. A film about Eleanor plays on a loop in another building on the property, the Playhouse. There are also two hiking trails and plenty of beautiful scenery along the banks of Fall Kill, a creek that runs through the park.
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Last updated on May 2, 2025
