Council Rock

Council Rock is a house in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York which is located on Lake Avenue. Council Rock is situated nearby to Mill Pond, as well as near Gerard Beekman Memorial Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Council Rock and Octagon Hotel.

Council Rock

Memorial

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. Council Rock is situated 400 feet northeast of Council Rock.

Octagon Hotel

Historic building

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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 2,400 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 2,800 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

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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: House
Address: 51 Lake Avenue, Mill Neck, NY 11765
Categories: building, historic site, manor estate, and residential building
Location: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.87247° or 40° 52′ 21″ north

Longitude

-73.54194° or 73° 32′ 31″ west

Open location code

87G8VFC5+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 772810659

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=manor

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