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Sleepy Hollow, NY
Sleepy Hollow is a village in New York State’s Hudson Valley. It’s known as the setting of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The author is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Kykuit, the Rockefeller family’s opulent hilltop estate, has gardens with 20th-century sculptures. Northeast, vast Rockefeller State Park Preserve includes a network of carriage roads traversing woodlands, fields and streams.
Address: Sleepy Hollow, New York
Population 10,218
Established: Settled in 1640
Climate: typically varies from 23°F to 84°F and is rarely below 9°F or above 92°F.
Median Home Price: $750,500
County: Westchester
Did you know: Sleepy Hollow originally incorporated as North Tarrytown in the late 19th century, in 1996 the village officially adopted the traditional name for the area.
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WHY YOU NEED TO SEE IT
Rockefeller State Park Preserve: More than 1,000 acres of Rockefeller estate are now a state park where you can hike, run, go birding, fish, picnic, cross-country ski, snowshoe, sled, even make your own horseback ride in Sleepy Hollow
Visit Kykuit: Grand home and grounds of this former Rockefeller estate offer a marvelous collection of modern sculptures, Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings and beautifully landscaped terraces and gardens.
Ready for a good old-fashioned scare? Head to Horseman’s Hollow, which is known as Sleepy Hollow’s top spooky attraction!
When you visit Washington Irving’s home, you’ll be invited to revisit some of the stranger parts of 19th-century history (think vampire scares) and learn about how The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has shaped popular culture through the years.