Only five 2024 dates remain for touring the Van Wyck-Lefferts tide mill in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. [Location on Google Maps.] The next available tour is Monday, August 19, and the last tour of the season will be October 18.
The Van Wyck-Lefferts mill is the best preserved 18th century U.S. tide-powered grist mill known to remain in its original location. It is also one of only two remaining U.S. tide mills with machinery and millstones intact. The site is maintained by the Lefferts Tide Mill & Preserve, who is continuing its multi-year fundraising and restoration campaign for the mill building and dam.
The mill site is accessible only by water, making it necessary to take visitors to the mill by boat. The tours are being offered by the Huntington Historical Society in partnership with the Lefferts Tide Mill & Preserve.
Advance registration is required. The tour cost is $20 ($15 for Huntington Historical Society members) and lasts 90 minutes. Since access to the mill is by boat, some climbing up and down steps and into and out of the boat is required. (Please note that neither the boat nor the mill is handicapped accessible and there are no bathrooms on site. This trip is not available to children under age 12.)
Tour Dates
- Monday, August 19th – 11:00 am
- Monday, September 9th – 3:30 pm
- Monday, September 16th – 9:30 am
- Friday, October 4th – 12:15 pm
- Friday, October 18th – 11:45 am
For more information or to register, visit the Lefferts Tide Mill & Preserve website.