The length of Route 25A from Great Neck to Port Jefferson stretches along Long Island’s North Shore, winding through towns that George Washington explored during a 1790 carriage tour as the newly-elected president. Honoring President George Washington’s journey along this very route, Route 25A from Great Neck to Port Jefferson is now known as the Long Island Heritage Trail and, as designated by New York State, the Washington Spy Trail.

Today, visitors can travel the same Presidential route on a journey that includes early 1900s Gold Coast mansions at the western end of the trail, and 17th Century farmhouses and Prohibition speakeasies in the east. The North Shore Promotion Alliance provides a guide to visiting the major attractions and historical sites along the Long Island Heritage Trail, allowing locals and tourists alike to explore this incredible pathway through history. In addition to sharing this pathway’s story with visitors, the North Shore Promotion Alliance’s mission is to promote the history, culture, and beauty of Long Island’s North Shore.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

1660 Route 25A
Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
(516) 692-6768
Email: info@cshfha.org
Website: www.cshfha.org
After 99 years as a New York State trout hatchery, we opened as a non-profit educational center dedicated to educating our visitors about the freshwater ecosystems of New York. We are proud to have the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fishes and amphibians. Visitors can tour our two aquarium buildings and eight outdoor ponds, feed the hungry trout, and try our “Catch & Keep” fishing.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

One Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
516-367-8455
Email: publicaffairs@cshl.edu
Website: https://www.cshl.edu

Celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Home to eight Nobel Prize winners, the private, not-for-profit Laboratory is more than 600 researchers and technicians strong. The Meetings & Courses Program hosts more than 12,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campuses in Long Island and in Suzhou, China. The Laboratory’s education arm also includes an academic publishing house, a graduate school and programs for middle and high school students and teachers.

Country House Restaurant

1175 Route 25A
Stony Brook, NY 11790
(631) 751-3332

Heckscher Museum

2 Prime Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743
631-351-3006
Fax: 631-423-2145
Email: info@heckscher.org
Website: https://www.heckscher.org

The Heckscher Museum of Art serves the people of the Town of Huntington and surrounding communities. Through exhibitions of its permanent and loan collections of art and related museum programs, it seeks to provide inspiring and transformative educational experiences to encourage a broader understanding of our past and present and enrich the quality of life of the individuals it serves.

Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook

3131 Nesconset Hwy
Centereach, New York 11720
631-471-8000
Fax: 631-471-8623
Website: https://www.stonybrookny.hiexpress.com

Located on prestigious north shore minutes from Stony Brook Village, Stony Brook University/Hospital, Smithaven Mall, St. Charles Hospital and Mather Hospital.

Huntington Historical Society

209 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 427-7045
Fax: (631) 427-7056

Nawrocki Smith, CPA

290 Broad Hollow Rd #115
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 756-9818
Website: www.ns.cpa

Oheka Management Corp.

135 West Gate
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 659-1400
Website: https://www.oheka.com

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Road
Old Westbury, New York 11568
516-333-0048
Fax: 516-333-68-7
Website: https://www.oldwestburygardens.org

Old Westbury Gardens includes a magnificent, 44-room, Charles II-style Manor House, surrounded by 200 acres of wooded paths, sweeping lawns, lakes, and some of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Programs include classes in yoga, tai chi and painting, horticulture programs, antique auto shows, indoor and outdoor concerts, a Scottish Festival, dog weekends, teas ans tours, kids’ days, and many other events.

Port Jefferson Ferry

102 W. Broadway
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
888-443-3779
Website: https://www.88844ferry.com

Ferry Crossing Long Island Sound between Bridgeport, Connecticut and Port Jefferson, New York.

Raynham Hall Museum

20 West Main St.
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
516-922-6808
Fax: 516-922-7640
Email: info@raynhamhallmuseum.org
Website: https://raynhamhallmuseum.org

The museum is also the home of George Washington’s intelligence officer, Robert Townsend. The home and museum are a time capsule of Long Island Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It was built circa 1738 as a two-story frame house with central brick chimney, gable roof, flush siding of wide boards and a five-bay façade with an entrance in the middle. The house contained four rooms, two on each level, with a garret or attic under the roof. The first floor consisted of a “hall” and “parlor” that flanked a narrow passage with a winding staircase built in front of the chimney. On the second floor were two “chambers” that corresponded to the hall and parlor below. Fireplaces opened into all four rooms from the central chimney.

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

20 Sagamore Hill Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
(516) 922-4788 (516) 922-4271
Fax: (516) 922-4792
Email: sahi_information@nps.gov
Website: https://www.nps.gov/sahi

Home and estate of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

Staller Center for the Arts

Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794
(631) 632-2787 (631) 632-7235
Fax: (631) 632-7354
Email: webmaster@stallercenter.com
Website: https://www.stallercenter.com

Staller Center for the Arts presents music, dance, theatre, film, visual art and more as one of the most comprehensive arts centers on Long Island. Enjoy professional performances from September to May and the Stony Brook Film Festival in July.
Box office is open Mon-Sat, 12 noon to 6 pm. Order tickets online at www.stallercenter.com or call 631-632-ARTS [2787].

Stony Brook Village Center

111 Main Street PO Box 572
Stony Brook, NY 11790
631-751-2244
Fax: 631-751-2024
Website: https://www.stonybrookvillage.com

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, NY 11721
631-854-5579
Fax: 631-854-5594
Email: info@vanderbiltmuseum.org
Website: https://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org

The Vanderbilt—a unique combination of mansion, marine and natural history museum, planetarium and park—is dedicated to the education and enjoyment of the people of Long Island and beyond. This mission is achieved through the thoughtful preservation, interpretation and enhancement of the Eagle’s Nest estate as an informal educational facility. Exhibition and program themes focus upon Long Island’s Gold Coast Era and build upon William K. Vanderbilt II’s desire that his marine, natural-history and ethnographic-artifact collections promote appreciation and understanding of the marvelous diversity of life, other cultures and scientific knowledge.

Three Village Inn

150 Main Street
Stony Brook, NY 11790
(631) 751-0555
Fax: (631) 751-0593