Shelter Rock is a rock shelter of granite on the border of Manhasset and North Hills, New York, USA, 10 feet (3m) from Shelter Rock Road. The rock is a glacial erratic estimated to weigh 1,800 tons and has a 30-foot overhang. It is 55 feet high and 35 feet wide. It was deposited by glacial action between 20,000 and 11,000 years ago. Members of the Matinecock had a settlement nearby and a number of legends about the rock arose among both the native Americans and the European colonists. Native Americans once used the rock as shelter from the elements, possibly as early as 1000 B.C.