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Cutchogue
Greenport
Mattituck
Orient
Peconic
Southold

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Cutchogue

Meadow Beach Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Nassau Point Road
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A 12 acre salt marsh preserve with a variety of shorebirds and marine life.

Mud Creek Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Skunk Lane
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A six acre salt meadow preserve which is home to a wide variety of bird life.

Village Green Historical Complex (Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council)
Route 25
Open: Sat. & Sun., 2:00-5:00 p.m. (June & September)
      Sat.-Mon., 2:00-5:00 p.m. (July & August)
This complex features three old structures: The Old House, built in 1649; the Old School House, built in 1840; and the William Wickham House, built in 1740. The Old House is a National Historic Landmark and one of the oldest surviving houses in New York State.
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Greenport

Stirling Historical Society
P.O. Box 590
Greenport, NY 11944
(631)477-0099
Museum: Stirling Museum

Stirling Museum (Stirling Historical Society)
Main Street
Open: Weds., Sat., & Sun., 1:00-4:00 p.m. (July-September)
An early 19th Century home housing a local history museum.

Railroad Museum of Long Island
P.O. Box 726 (mail)
Greenport, NY 11944 (mail)
(631)477-0439
Open: Saturday & Sunday, Noon-5 p.m.
The museum is located in the old Long Island Rail Road freight house next to the \ Greenport Railroad station and features many exhibits relating the railroading on Long Island
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Mattituck

Husing Pond Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Main Road
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A wooded 21 acre preserve with a variety of wildlife.

Marratooka Lake Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Main Road
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
An 11 acre preserve centered around an undisturbed kettlehole pond. A wide variety of plant life and wildlife can be observed.

Mattituck Historical Museum & Schoolhouse (Mattituck Historical Society)
Main Road
Open: Sat. & Sun., 2:00-4:00 p.m. (July & August)
An early 19th Century home housing antique furnishings and local history exhibits. Also on the property are a milkhouse, barn and an 1864 schoolhouse.
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Orient

Margolin Marsh Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Main Road
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A 25 acre salt marsh preserve.

Oysterponds Historical Society Museums
Village Lane
Open: Weds. & Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2:00-5:00 p.m. (July &August)
      Sat. & Sun., 2:00-5:00 p.m. (September-June)
A colletion of historical buildings including the 1790 Village House, 1720 Webb House, two 19th Century schoolhouses, an 1891 cookhouse and dormitory, and an old barn. Most of the buildings contain exhibits and period furnishings.

Slave Burying Ground
Narrow River Road
Open: Sunrise-sunset
The graves of around 20 slaves and their owners, Seth and Maria Tuthill, are found here.

Whitcom Marsh Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Main Road
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A 17 acre freshwater marshland preserve which is home to osprey and other bird life.
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Peconic

Southold

Custer Institute
Main Bayview Road
P.O. Box 1204 (mail)
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-2626
Open by appointment (631-722-3850 or 631-744-4318)
An astronomical observatory with a number of telescopes, a library and museum.

First Presbyterian Church of Southold
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-2597
Open: Tues., Thurs., & Fri., 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
This church was founded in 1640 and is the oldest English church in New York State. This building was built in 1803 and a small historical exhibit can be seen inside.

Horton Point Lighthouse (Southold Historical Society)
Lighthouse Road
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-5500
Open: Sat. & Sun., 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (June-October)
This restored lighthouse was built in 1856 and today houses the historical society's marine museum.

Howell Meadow Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Clearview Avenue
250 Lawrence Hill Road (mail)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (mail)
(631)367-3225
Open: Sunrise-Sunset
A five acre preserve consisting of woods and a tidal marsh.

Old Burying Ground
Main Road
Open: Sunrise-sunset
This graveyard dates to 1640, and is believed to be the oldest English burying ground in New York State.

Southold Historical Museum Complex(Southold Historical Society)
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-5500
Open: Sat. & Sun., 1:00-4:00 p.m. (July & August)
The main house of this museum houses an art gallery, local history exhibits, and period furnishings. Also on the property are a pre-Revolutionary house, barn, carriage house, blacksmith's shop, buttery, and an old one-room schoolhouse.

Southold Indian Museum
Main Bayview Road
P.O. Box 268 (mail)
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-5577
Open: Sun., 1:30-4:30 p.m.
This museum huses a large collection of Algonquin Indian artifacts and other exhibits relating to the Native Americans.

Whitaker Historical Collection
Southold Free Library
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
(631)765-2077
Open: Mon., Weds. & Fri., 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
      Thurs., & Sat., 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
This local history collection contains a large number of genealogies of local families.
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