Trixie Belden Maps

Locate Trixie's stomping ground in Sleepyside, New York and beyond.

A number of years ago I was traveling from Albany, NY to Philadelphia and drove through the Hudson River Valley. The neighborhood seemed strangely familiar though I had never been there before. A sign announced the coming town: "Croton-On-the-Hudson." Of course! I had instinctively recognized the neighborhood of Trixie Belden, a childhood favorite.

(It also reminded me of my grandparent's wooded property, though that's a different story.)

Recently I traveled back to the area to do other literary research, and I couldn't resist taking the time to compare the actual neighborhood and houses to those I pictured as a child.

The Big Picture

The Bob-Whites were New Yorkers. Their little town of Sleepyside-on-the-Hudson was north of New York City.

But they didn't stay there. The first year of their club saw adventures in:

• #2 - Upstate New York
• #6 - Arizona
• #9 - Iowa
• #11 - Ozark Mountains, Missouri
• #12 - New York City
• #13 - Island off the Atlantic Coast
• #14 - Virginia
• #15 - Mississippi River

New York: Trixie's Home State

The Hudson River Valley in Westchester County was her home. The Hudson River is widest close to where they lived and wandered into many of the stories.

Westchester County

Several towns and local legends lend an authentic flavor to the stories. Sleepyside-on-the-Hudson is not the actual name of the town. The real name is Ossining, but the original author combined the name of two close villages (Sleepy Hollow and Croton-on-the-Hudson) for the stories. Both are mentioned in the books, as well as White Plains where they did their major shopping. (No Amazon.com at that time, and they couldn't buy everything from Mr. Lyntell's store.

The orange titles list the major buroughs of New York City. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Lynch communted daily.

Sleepyside-on-the-Hudson

Here/s the location of Sleepyside/Ossining and the route the Bob-white's school bus would take.

Like Sleepyside, Crabapple Farm, Ten Acres, and the Manor House are real places - though Julie Campbell gave them unique literary names.