Laurel Hollow New York Map

About Laurel Hollow, New York

Laurel Hollow is a locality in Nassau County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,940. The population density is 253.2 people per km². Laurel Hollow is located at 40.8568°N, 73.4696°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Laurel Hollow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 11791.

Laurel Hollow defines the northern edge of the island where the land slopes toward the salt-heavy air of the coast. It lies 2.4 miles west-southwest of Huntington, NY (from Huntington, NY: bearing 251°T), and is situated 3.3 miles east of Oyster Bay. The terrain of Laurel Hollow rises in sudden, verdant folds, broken by the quiet presence of St. John's Pond Sanctuary, where the canopy thickens to hold the damp, cooling mist of the morning. Beyond the immediate wood, the horizon flattens toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Huntington Bay, while the interior landscape remains marked by the slow, rhythmic persistence of Tiffany Creek carving its path through the soil. Even from the elevated reaches, one might imagine the far-off, jagged spine of the Appalachian Mountains, though they remain only a ghost of a memory across the vast, intervening miles.

History lingers here in the architecture of estates that replaced the original agrarian plots, shifting the economy from the soil to the quiet maintenance of private, wooded seclusion. The pace of life is dictated by the turning of the tides and the seasonal transition of the foliage, far removed from the frantic pulse of the urban centers to the west. While no industry marks the map, the character of the place is defined by the preservation of its natural boundaries, keeping the density of human footprint low. Residents look toward the waters of Huntington Bay or the protected reaches of St. John's Pond Sanctuary as the primary anchors of their surroundings, finding a deliberate, singular stillness that has persisted long after the farms gave way to the modern, shaded driveways of the North Shore.

About This Laurel Hollow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Laurel Hollow, New York. Coordinates: 40.856765, -73.469566. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Laurel Hollow includes the ZIP code (11791), telephone area code (516), county seat of Nassau County (Mineola), and school district assignment (Cold Spring Harbor Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.