Contentment Island
Contentment Island is a small island in the Long Island Sound, off the coast of Tokeneke, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily residential, and is also home of the private Tokeneke Club.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cententment Island”, “Contention Island”, and “Ox Pound Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greens Ledge Lighthouse and Darien station.
Greens Ledge Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Greensledgelight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greens Ledge Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse in the western Long Island Sound near Norwalk, Connecticut and Darien, Connecticut. It is one of 33 sparkplug lighthouses still in existence in the United States and remains an active aid to navigation.
Darien station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Darien station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Darien, Connecticut. Located in downtown Darien, the station has two accessible side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track New Haven Line.
Rowayton station
Railway station
Photo: Noroton, Public domain.
Rowayton station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Rowayton neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut. Nineteenth-century artist and humanitarian Vincent Colyer helped to get the original station built.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowayton and Darien.
Rowayton
Village
Photo: Noroton, Public domain.
Rowayton is a coastal neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, roughly 40 miles from New York City. The community is governed by the Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk and has a number of active local associations, including the Civic Association, the Historical Society, the Rowayton Library, a Gardeners Club, and a Parents Exchange.
Darien
Photo: Noroton, Public domain.
Darien is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast. Situated on the Long Island Sound between the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, Darien is a commuter town for New York City.
Boston Post Road Historic District
Neighborhood
The Boston Post Road Historic District encompasses a cross-section of residential architectural styles representative of much of the history of Darien, Connecticut.
Contentment Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.0551° or 41° 3′ 18″ northLongitude
-73.45679° or 73° 27′ 24″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87H83G4V+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 359262065OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Contentment Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Contentment Island”
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