Long Island · NY
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt's harbor on the North Shore.
- Population
- 7,049 (2020 census)
- Settled
- 1653
- Sagamore Hill
- The Summer White House
Then
- 1653
English settlers under Peter Wright arrive.
- 1770s
Robert Townsend of Raynham Hall spies for Washington in the Culper Ring.
- 1900s
President Theodore Roosevelt's home at Sagamore Hill becomes the Summer White House.
Now
The bay's oysters are Long Island's traditionally farmed oysters. The WaterFront Center sails the oyster sloop Christeen around the harbor.
This stretch covers western Long Island Sound, from Kings Point and Port Washington to Cold Spring Harbor, plus the Westchester and Connecticut shore from New Rochelle to Stamford.
20 tide stations around Oyster Bay
- Oyster Bay Harbor0.9 mi
- Bayville Bridge2.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor3.2 mi
- Lloyd Harbor, Huntington Bay5.9 mi
- Glen Cove, Hempstead Harbor6.5 mi
- Harry Tappen Marina, Hempstead Harbor6.8 mi
- Eatons Neck Point8.9 mi
- Port Washington, Manhasset Bay9.4 mi
- Rye Beach9.6 mi
- Cos Cob Harbor10.6 mi
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- Stamford11.6 mi
- Long Neck Point11.8 mi
- Kings Point12.9 mi
- New Rochelle13.1 mi
- Rowayton, Fivemile River14.1 mi
- Willets Point14.1 mi
- Riverdale, N.Y.20.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Creek ent., N.Y.20.5 mi
- Alpine, N.J.20.8 mi
- Tarrytown22.7 mi