Sands Point Light, Baxter Preserve

#2 among attractions in Baxter Preserve

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The Sands Point Lighthouse is located in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, along its northern coast, in the Town of North Hempstead. The fourth lighthouse to be established on Long Island, this 1809 stone tower was built by an American Revolutionary War veteran who stayed on as its first keeper for many years. The Lighthouse is sometimes referred to the Mitchell Lighthouse, after Samuel L. Mitchell, the man who fought for it to be constructed. ()

Coordinates: 40°51'57"N, 73°43'46"W

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Sands Point Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hempstead House, Sands Point, Execution Rocks Light, Manhasset Bay Marina.

1.7 miE
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Hempstead House, Long Island
44 min walk • Hempstead House, also known as the Gould-Guggenheim Estate or Sands Point Preserve, is a large estate that was built for Howard Gould and completed for Daniel Guggenheim in 1912.
1.1 miSE
Area
Sands Point, Baxter Preserve
29 min walk • Sands Point is a village located at the northernmost tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.
0.9 miNW
Vernacular architecture, Reportedly haunted, Lighthouse
Execution Rocks Light, New Rochelle
24 min walk • Execution Rocks Light is a lighthouse in the middle of Long Island Sound on the border between New Rochelle and Sands Point, New York. It stands 55 feet tall, with a white light flashing every 10 seconds. The granite tower is painted white with a brown band around the middle.
2.4 miSE
40°50'11"N • 73°42'18"W
Manhasset Bay Marina, Port Washington North
62 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.4 miSE
40°50'7"N • 73°42'27"W
Toms Point Marina, Port Washington North
62 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.4 miNW
Island
Davids Island, New Rochelle
63 min walk • Davids Island is a 78-acre island off the coast of New Rochelle, New York, in Long Island Sound. Currently uninhabited, it was previously the site of Fort Slocum.
3.1 miNW
Island
Glen Island Park, New Rochelle
80 min walk • Glen Island Park is a 105-acre waterfront park, located on Glen Island, on the Long Island Sound, New York.
2.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
Thomas Dodge Homestead, Port Washington North
64 min walk • Thomas Dodge Homestead is a historic home in Port Washington, Nassau County, New York. It is a settlement-era farmhouse dated to 1721 with additions completed in approximately 1750 and 1903.
2.1 miNW
Island
Huckleberry Island, New Rochelle
53 min walk • Huckleberry Island is an island in Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It lies approximately three-fourths mile east of Davids' Island.
3 miW
Island
High Island, New York City
76 min walk • High Island is a small, uninhabited, privately-owned island, part of the Pelham Islands in the Bronx, New York City. It lies east of the north end of City Island between City Island Harbor and Pelham Bay in Long Island Sound.
1.9 miNW
Island
Pea Island
49 min walk • Pea Island is a small island in Long Island Sound and a part of the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York. It features a rocky, grass-covered terrain, with exposed rocks at low tide.