Mount Loretto Unique Area

Mount Loretto Unique Area is an open space reserve and nature preserve administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Conference House and Seguine Mansion.

Conference House

Museum

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Conference House is a stone house in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. Built by Captain Christopher Billopp some time before 1680, it is located in Conference House Park near Ward's Point, the southernmost tip of New York state, which became known as "Billop's Point" in the 18th century.

Seguine Mansion

Museum

Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Seguine Mansion, also known as the Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island, New York City. The Greek Revival house is one of the few surviving examples of 19th-century life on Staten Island.

Conference House Park

Park

Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Conference House Park is a park in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York City. The park is located along the Arthur Kill coast where the kill opens into Raritan Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perth Amboy and Woodrow.

Perth Amboy

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Perth Amboy is a historic waterfront city in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 55,436.

Woodrow

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Woodrow is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, United States. The neighborhood is represented in the New York State Senate by Andrew Lanza, in the New York State Assembly by Michael Reilly, and in the New York City Council by Joe Borelli.

Huguenot

Neighborhood

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Huguenot is a neighborhood on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City. Originally named "Bloomingview", it was later named for the Huguenots, led by Daniel Perrin, who settled in the area during the late 17th and early 18th centuries to escape religious persecution.

Mount Loretto Unique Area

Type: Nature reserve
Description: reserve and natural preserve
Categories: urban green space and recreation area
Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.5061° or 40° 30′ 22″ north

Longitude

-74.2163° or 74° 12′ 59″ west

Operator

New York State Department of Environemntal Conservation

Open location code

87G7GQ4M+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 429417073

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q12499074

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In Other Languages

From French to Indonesian—“Mount Loretto Unique Area” goes by many names.

French: “Mount Loretto Unique Area”
Indonesian: “Mount Loretto Unique Area”

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