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Best Things to Do in Northport, NY

A Long Island harbor village with a leafy village park, a Vanderbilt mansion, fine art and a famous pumpkin display nearby.

Northport Village Park

A local favorite near Main Street with paved trails, playgrounds, gazebos and a fishing dock, plus a farmers market and the Great Cow Harbor 10k.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

In nearby Centerport, tour a 24-room Spanish Revival mansion with original furnishings on a 43-acre estate, then see a show at the planetarium.

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Heckscher Museum of Art

In Huntington’s Heckscher Park, this museum has been open since 1920 and holds more than 2,500 works, some dating to the early 1500s.

Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze

Every fall in Old Bethpage, more than 7,000 carved pumpkins glow in a family-friendly show with lighting synchronized to music.

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