Mount Vernon

Worth seeing in and around Mount Vernon

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Sarah Lawrence College

   Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational since 1968.

   2.6 km · private liberal arts college in the United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Pelham Bay Park

   Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City.

   5.8 km · public park in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Van Cortlandt Park

   Van Cortlandt Park is a 1,146-acre park located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is managed with assistance from the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.

   4.3 km · park in New York City · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Woodlawn Cemetery

   Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, it has the character of a rural cemetery.

   4 km · cemetery in the Bronx, New York City · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Iona University

   Iona University is a private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of 45 acres in New Rochelle and a campus of 28 acres in Bronxville, New York.

   4.6 km · university in New York, USA · Wikipedia
6. 06
   New York's 16th congressional district

   New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of New York that is represented by Democratic Rep. George Latimer.

   4.9 km · U.S. House district in outskirts of New York City · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Orthodox Church in America Diocese of New York and New Jersey

   The Diocese of New York and New Jersey is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America covering the states of New York and New Jersey. The Cathedral of the Protection of the Holy Virgin on Second Street in Manhattan is the seat of the bishop, with diocesan offices located in Syosset, New York.

   3.5 km · diocese of the Orthodox Church in America · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Hillview Reservoir

   The Hillview Reservoir is a 90-acre storage reservoir in southeastern Yonkers, New York. It was built within a six-year period from 1909–1915 by the New York City Board of Water Supply to receive water from the newly constructed Catskill Aqueduct, which drained water from the Ashokan Reservoir and sent it down into the Kensico Reservoir, where it would, in turn, be drained back into a continuation of the Catskill Aqueduct, and sent into the Hillview Reservoir.

   2.7 km · Reservoir between the Catskill Aqueduct and New York City's main water tunnels · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St. Barnabas' Church

   The Church of St. Barnabas is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Martha Avenue near East 241st Street in Woodlawn Heights, The Bronx, New York City.

   2.6 km · church building in New York, United States of America · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Pelham Bay Bridge

    The Pelham Bay Bridge, also known as the Amtrak Hutchinson River Bridge, is a two-track movable railroad bridge that carries the Northeast Corridor over the Hutchinson River in the Bronx, New York, upstream from the vehicular/pedestrian Pelham Bridge. It is owned by Amtrak, which provides passenger service, and is used by CSX Transportation and the Providence & Worcester Railroad for freight traffic.

    5.7 km · railroad bridge in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia

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Getting to Mount Vernon

Airports

LaGuardia (LGA), 15 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 31 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 37 km

Stations

Wakefield–241st Street, 1.5 km · Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street, 5.8 km · Norwood – 205th Street, 5.5 km · Baychester Avenue, 3.8 km · Nereid Avenue, 2.1 km

• Hartford → Mount Vernon

  135 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · $12–17
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• Philadelphia → Mount Vernon

  155 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · $14–19
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• Albany → Mount Vernon

  194 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · $19–26
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