Great Island

Great Island is an island in Nassau County, New York. Great Island is situated nearby to the town Bellmore, as well as near Seaford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Oyster Bay and Wantagh County Park.

South Oyster Bay

Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Oyster Bay is the portion of the Town of Oyster Bay roughly south of the Long Island Expressway, in Nassau County, New York. Its most prominent communities are Hicksville, Plainview, Bethpage, Farmingdale, and Massapequa.

Wantagh County Park

Park

Wantagh Park is a county park located in southeastern Nassau County, New York, within the hamlet of Wantagh. At 111 acres the park provides various recreational activities along a picturesque waterfront location.

Jones Beach Theater

Theater building

Photo: Sullynyflhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, known simply as Jones Beach Theater, is an outdoor amphitheatre partially built over the water of Zachs Bay at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellmore and Seaford.

Bellmore

Town

Bellmore is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population according to the 2024 census is 15,937. Bellmore is located on the south shore of Long Island 6 miles north of Jones Beach State Park, approximately 27 miles east of Manhattan, and 10 miles east of the Nassau-Queens Line.

Seaford

Town

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Seaford is a census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 15,251 at the 2020 census.

Merrick

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Merrick is a hamlet in Long Island located on the south shore of Nassau County, New York. Merrick is approximately 40 minutes from Manhattan. It is named after the Meroke Indians, an Algonquin tribe that was indigenous to the area.

Great Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Nassau County, New York, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.63371° or 40° 38′ 1″ north

Longitude

-73.5029° or 73° 30′ 11″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87G8JFMW+FR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357562448

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5119207

Wikidata ID

Q49639621

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Great Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Great Island”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harbor Green and High Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Low Island and Island Creek Bridge.

Nassau County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Long Beach, Glen Cove, Mineola, and Oyster Bay.

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