0.9 mi | 100 Crescent Beach Rd, Glen Cove, NY | Website

This 204-acre preserve is the former estate of Harold Pratt, an avid horticulturist. Discover four marked nature trails, over one hundred species of birds, reptiles & amphibians, freshwater ponds & swamps, a coastal salt marsh, and a stretch of the Long Island Sound shoreline.

7.9 mi | 34 Muttontown Lane, East Norwich, NY | Website

This historic 38-room Chelsea Mansion, named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, was built by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Moore in 1924 and exemplifies the latter part of Gold Coast-era design. Cobblestones used throughout the property originally came from the Chelsea section of Brooklyn, which is how this mansion was named. Now part of the Muttontown Preserve, this mansion is surrounded by a moat.

14.4 mi | 95 Middle Neck Rd, Port Washington, NY | Website

Formerly owned by Daniel Guggenheim, this 216-acre estate and the park is now operated by the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy. The Conservancy provides year-round educational and cultural programs, seasonal celebrations, mansion tours, fitness activities as well as private/corporate event services & film/TV location facilities.

12.6 mi | 127 Middle Neck Road, Port Washington, NY | Website

Falaise was built for Harry F. Guggenheim (Daniel’s son) and his wife Caroline Morton in 1923. The design is based on a 13th century Norman manor house and is furnished with antiques, wood carvings, and sculptures, many from the 16th and 17th centuries. This mansion also includes Renaissance paintings & several important pieces of modern art. It is a part of the Sands Point Preserve.

15.4 mi | 101 Browns Road, Huntington, NY | Website

This 40-room Medieval French Chateau was built by George McKesson Brown between 1910-1914. When he owned it, Brown’s mansion had a gatehouse, servants’ quarters, stables, a garage, yacht, and an 18-foot high-speed runabout. He collected art & fine books and was a member of two yacht clubs and the New York Horticultural Society.

18.8 mi | 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, NY | Website

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, William K. Vanderbilt II’s former summer home was designed and built by Warren & Wetmore, the partners who designed and built the Grand Central Terminal in New York City. This mansion offers an intimate look at the life of a privileged family from the Jazz Age through World War II, with rooms filled with priceless art, furnishings, and personal possessions.

18.8 mi | 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington, NY | Website

Built in 1922, this is the former home of retail heir, Marshall Field III. This Georgian style mansion was designed by architect John Russell Pope, also responsible for the Jefferson Memorial and Constitution Hall. At one time Caumsett was a working farm & dairy and boasted polo fields, stocked game hunting, indoor & outdoor tennis courts, and a dock for Field’s yacht.