Prospect Point

Prospect Point is a cape in North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Prospect Point is situated nearby to the village Sands Point, as well as near the neighborhood Morewood Oaks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sands Point Light and Sands Family Cemetery.

Sands Point Light

Lighthouse

The Sands Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located within the Incorporated Village of Sands Point in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

Sands Family Cemetery

Cemetery

The Sands Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in the Incorporated Village of Sands Point in Nassau County, New York, United States.

Hempstead House

House

Photo: Gyrofrog, Public domain.

Hempstead House, also known as the Gould-Guggenheim Estate or Sands Point Preserve, is a large American estate that was built for Howard Gould and completed for Daniel Guggenheim in 1912.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sands Point and Manorhaven.

Sands Point

Village

Photo: GK tramrunner229, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sands Point is a village located at the tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula within the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

Manorhaven is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Port Washington area, which is anchored by Port Washington.

Port Washington North

Village

Photo: AITFFan1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Washington North is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Port Washington area, which is anchored by Port Washington.

Prospect Point

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.87° or 40° 52′ 12″ north

Longitude

-73.7145° or 73° 42′ 52″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87G8V79P+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7525199566

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

5132318

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