It's a peaceful setting of elegant homes, rolling hills, two-lane roads and woods filled with the trees that give Locust Valley - right in the heart of Long Island's Gold Coast - its distinctive name.
Strictly speaking, "Locust Valley" on the map is a quaint unincorporated hamlet of the Town of Oyster Bay, just one square mile in size with shops and boutiques, a library, fire house and Long Island Rail Road Station.
Adjacent to Locust Valley is the more exclusive Village of Matinecock.