Nassau County: North Shore & Gold Coast

Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve

Wedding venue in Sands Point, NY

Hempstead House, Sands Point Preserve
Hempstead House, Sands Point Preserve. Photo: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve

A Tudor-style Gilded Age mansion built for Howard Gould and later owned by the Guggenheim family, set inside Sands Point Preserve above Long Island Sound. The preserve's lawns, woods and shoreline are right outside.

Photographing a wedding here

Water changes the light. We plan couple portraits for the last hour before sunset where the schedule allows, and keep an eye on wind for anything near the shoreline.

Gardens change week to week. We check what is in bloom close to your date and plan portraits around the best of it.

This guide is independent. RF Studios is not affiliated with Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve, and being listed here is not an endorsement either way. Details change, so confirm dates, capacity and house rules directly with the venue.

Where It Is

Photo Spots Near Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve

Parks, gardens and waterfronts close by, for wedding-day portraits or your engagement session. Distances are straight-line.

Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve
Sands Point

Sands Point Preserve

Gilded Age mansions, including Hempstead House and Castle Gould, with a Long Island Sound beach and woodland trails.

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Glen Cove

Garvies Point Preserve

A preserve on Hempstead Harbor with woodland trails, meadows and shoreline bluffs.

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The Welwyn mansion
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Welwyn Preserve

Woodland, wetlands and Long Island Sound shoreline around the former Harold Pratt estate.

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Roslyn Harbor

Cedarmere

Poet William Cullen Bryant's former home on Roslyn Harbor, with a pond, gardens and water views.

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Stepping Stones Lighthouse
Kings Point

Stepping Stones Lighthouse

An 1870s brick lighthouse offshore in Long Island Sound, seen from the Kings Point shoreline.

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Nassau County Museum of Art
Roslyn Harbor

Nassau County Museum of Art

An art museum on the former Frick estate, with formal gardens, outdoor sculpture on the lawns and wooded walking trails.

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