Things To Do
Huntington
Jackie's hometown offers the charm of a small Long Island community while remaining just an hour train ride from the heart of Manhattan. Skim through endless reads at the local book store, The Next Chapter; walk down Main Street towards Heckscher Park where you can stroll around the pond, play some tennis, or check out the exhibits in the Heckscher Museum of Art; grab brunch at Mundae's, a local favorite; or find your own way!
Planting Fields Arboretum
Planting Fields is a magnificent Gold Coast estate from the 1920s, which survives today as a statement about art, architecture, and landscape. Located in Oyster Bay, New York and originally landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers, the grounds feature 409 acres of greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths and outstanding plant collections.
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, situated on a scenic peninsula extending into Long Island Sound, offers miles of bridle paths, walking, jogging, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and nature trails over acres of woodland, meadows, rock shoreline and salt marsh
Long Island Tulip Festival at Waterdrinker
Tiptoe through the tulips, play a round of mini golf and visit the barnyard animals. They have plenty of activities for kids and on the weekends they have live music and food trucks for you to enjoy.
Old Westbury Gardens
Completed in 1906 by the English designer, George A. Crawley, the magnificent Charles II-style mansion is nestled amid 200 acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes. Westbury House is furnished with fine English antiques and decorative arts from the more than fifty years of the family's residence.
Nassau County Museum of Art
NCMA annually presents major rotating exhibitions, many of which are original to the museum. The museum's exhibitions have reached across a broad spectrum of artistic concerns—from European and American art movements, to epochs of American and European history, to the influences of one art form or another and to the impact of Long Island artists on art and design. In addition to these major exhibitions, NCMA mounts exhibitions of work by contemporary artists in the Manes Center gallery.