The Town of East Hampton is a located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island.  It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. It has a total population of 19,719.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampton_(town)  

East Hampton has a rich and varied history.  Leah K. Lebec, Ph.D. recently published a brief essay on the town’s history.   http://www.easthamptonhistory.org/information.php?TIPOPAS=Informative&SECCIONPAS=History%20of%20East%20Hampton

Mile Hill Road is four and a half miles equidistant from East Hampton and Sag Harbor villages, but, few know about it. There are only four houses on the road. 

Mile Hill Road, East Hampton, is what its name implies--a road that goes down a gradual hill for one mile. At one time, long ago, it was called "Road to the Place Where the Whale was Tried" (as in purified).

Mile Hill Road ends at Northwest Harbor, the largest harbor in the Town of East Hampton. (Northwest Harbor is sometimes called Sag Harbor Bay.)  The historic Cedar Point Lighthouse built in 1839 and which was owned at one time by Jacqueline Kennedy's aunt, Edith Beale, marks the entrance of Northwest Harbor. 
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=737

Thousands of acres of preserved land surround Northwest Harbor. The view west, across the bay is of Shelter Island, North Haven, Sag Harbor; and in the evening, of beautiful sunsets.  Historian and teacher, Lawrence J. Koncelik, Ph.D. (click here to read his Thesis, "The History of the Town of East Hampton During the Revolutionary War)  directed the town's sailing program at the Mile Hill Road Beach for twenty years ending in the early 1990's.

At the end of Mile Hill Road is the historic Monk's (family name) waterfront house that was first built by Phoebe Scoy, the legendary farmer/businesswoman of the early 1800's. The Monk's house is now owned by the Kennedy family (not related to Jacqueline Kennedy) who owned and operated Camp St. Regis there from the 1950's until the mid 1980's.

The numerous acres of park land on both sides of Mile Hill Road ensure that only six driveways will ever enter onto it. Mile Hill Road will always remain one of the prettiest stretches of rural road in the town of East Hampton.

A recent memoir by Theresa K. Quigley, J.D.that was published in the East Hampton Star gives some of the flavor of Mile Hill Road. 

In 2007, two well known philanthropists sold their oceanfront house in East Hampton and purchased a vacant waterfront building lot two hundred feet down the road from Thistle House for a record seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00).

When you ride down Mile Hill Road, don't miss the new 5,600 sq foot home that looks like it’s been there for a hundred years. We call it "Thistle House" and it's at 37 Mile Hill Road. It has every modern convenience and has southwesterly views of Barnes Salt Meadow and the bay.

Offered for sale, $3,600,000.00 or rent for 2012: June: $20,000.00; July $60,000.00; July through Labor Day: $125,000.00; August through Labor Day: $70,000.00; Memorial Day through Labor Day: $140,000.00; and Year Round: $160,000.00.

Specifications:  Thistle house has five bedrooms, 5 & 1/2 bathrooms, three fireplaces,  finished basement, two laundry rooms, large cedar sauna, two steam showers, mud room, gunite heated pool, patio, deck, garage, geo thermal heat and A/C, cedar shingle siding and roof, copper gutters, entertainment/den/ coffered ceiling living room, extensive paneling, modern kitchen with two dishwashers, four ovens, ice maker, two sinks, pantry, 400 amp electrical system, 400 amp standby generator to power entire house in emergency, fully wired for sound and Internet,  and much more including a beautiful view of Barnes Meadow out to the bay.