Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Springwood is a guided tour. The entrance pass is $15 from age 16.
- Food
- Eveready Diner
- Church
- St. James’ Episcopal Church
- Music
- Fisher Center at Bard
- Farm stand
- Hyde Park Farmers Market
- Kids
- Marked for kids
- Groups
- Marked for a big group
- Lodging
- Hyde Park
Crowd level: Easy. Busy only at the obvious hour.
Good with kids
Good for a big group
Best season House tickets are first come, first served. The Park Service says summer and October can sell out early. A weekday morning is the calm visit. Grounds hours change with the season.
Drive About 1 hr 45 min–2 hr 15 min
General guidance from Midtown to Hyde Park. Metro-North to Poughkeepsie plus a taxi is the train version. Check the timetable.
Parking. At the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center. The house is a 5–10 minute walk from the desk. Do not drive up to the front door.
Springwood, the Roosevelt family house in Hyde Park, run by the National Park Service. The house is a guided tour. Visitors 16 and older need an entrance pass.
Worth knowing
Tickets
Visitors over 16 need an entrance pass, including people in the car. The house tour is $15 from age 16, first come at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center.
Two houses
Springwood and the Vanderbilt Mansion are one morning if you plan it. Eveready is on Route 9 between errands, not inside either gate.
With kids. Children under 16 do not need an entrance pass. The house tour is guided and sold first come at the visitor center.
With a group. Individuals cannot reserve. A public group of 20 or more, and motor coaches, must reserve. Groups book on Recreation.gov.
The short version
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt lists 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538, and phone (845) 229-5320. Entry to the house is $15 for anyone 16 or older, and children under 16 do not need an entrance pass. Tickets are first come, first served. The park does not take cash.
Food nearby
Eveready Diner
The visitor center is not lunch. Eveready Diner is at 4184 Route 9 North, open 7 am to 10 pm every day. Phone (845) 229-8100.
Official menuFarms and stands nearby
Hyde Park Farmers Market
Local fruit and vegetables, meats and eggs, Italian specialties, baked goods, breads, and bagels, plus food you can eat there.
Season. Saturdays, 9 am. To 2 pm., June through October, at 4390 Albany Post Road, across from Town Hall. It names Saturday, June 6, 2026 as opening day. The chamber sponsors it.
The grocery stop if you are cooking after the house tour. A market in Cincinnati uses a similar name. Use the Hyde Park town page.
Official page
Staying in Hyde Park – snapshot (lodging only)
Checked Oct 16, 2026. We recommend; you book directly. Prices are nightly, low–high by season, with a source. “From” prices depend on your dates. Items we couldn't verify are marked †.
The quiet base: Hyde Park. Journey Inn is across from the Vanderbilt estate.
Inns, B&Bs, farm stays, guesthouses, campgrounds
- Journey Inn, Hyde Park
- Type.
- Owner-run B&B
- Price (low–high).
- $200–215 (smallest rooms) up to $290–310 (suite for 4) + tax (own)
- Good for.
- Medium
- Book via.
- Expedia
- Why we like it.
- Across from the Vanderbilt estate
Know before you book: Journey Inn prices are from the inn's own site, plus tax.
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Music
Fisher Center at Bard
Annandale-on-Hudson is up the river from Hyde Park. Summer festival and a year-round hall. The calendar is the schedule.
Official calendarA church
St. James’ Episcopal Church
The parish church associated with the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor worshipped here. It is a town church, not a cathedral stop.
Sunday Holy Eucharist at 8 am and 10 am. On Sunday, December 28, 2026, they print one service only, at 10 am.
Service times