Council Rock
Council Rock is located on Lake Avenue, a hundred yards south of West Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. It was a Matinecock meeting ground and the location of a sacred council fire.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oyster Bay station and Octagon Hotel.
Oyster Bay station
Railway station
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oyster Bay is the terminus on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is located off Shore Avenue between Maxwell and Larabee Avenues. Oyster Bay station is situated 2,100 feet east of Council Rock.
Octagon Hotel
Historic building
Photo: Idoysterbay, CC BY 3.0.
The Octagon Hotel, built as the Nassau House by Luther Jackson in 1851, was a pre-eminent political and social meeting space in Oyster Bay, New York. This eight-sided building is also believed to be among only a few like it on Long Island and perhaps the only octagon-shaped hotel in the United States. Octagon Hotel is situated 2,300 feet east of Council Rock.
Raynham Hall Museum
Museum
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Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner. Raynham Hall Museum is situated 2,700 feet east of Council Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mill Neck and Oyster Bay Cove.
Mill Neck
Village
Mill Neck is a village in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,054 at the time of the 2020 census.
Oyster Bay Cove
Village
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Oyster Bay Cove is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Oyster Bay area, which is anchored by Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay Cove is situated 1½ miles east of Council Rock.
East Norwich
Village
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Norwich is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 2,792 at the time of the 2020 census. East Norwich is situated 2 miles south of Council Rock.
Council Rock
- Type: Memorial
- Description: rock woods in Oyster Bay
- Category: historic site
- Location: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.87347° or 40° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-73.54137° or 73° 32′ 29″ westInception
1939Open location code
87G8VFF5+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 9898076933OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5176255
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