Elihu Island
Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New London County, Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Elihu’s Island”, “Elihus Island”, “Ledward Island”, “Ledwood Island”, “Ledwoods Island”, and “Ledyard Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goat Island and Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House.
Goat Island
Islet
Goat Island is part of Stonington, Connecticut in Wequetequock Cove. It is just northeast of Elihu Island, and is also close to the coast along the Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay.
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, built in 1852–54. The house is a transitional style between the Greek Revival and the Victorian Italianate.
James Merrill House
Building
Photo: Logatorial, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The James Merrill House is a 19th-century late-Victorian style house at 107 Water Street in Stonington Borough in southeastern Connecticut, formerly owned by poet James Merrill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonington and Stonington.
Stonington
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.
Stonington
Town
Stonington is a borough and the town center of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, referred to by locals as "The Borough". The population was 976 at the 2020 United States Census, up from 929 in 2010.
Lords Point
Suburb
Photo: Utilizer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lords Point is a small private village on the Atlantic Coast in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, established in 1909. Lords Point has over 200 houses and summer cottages, with an average summer population of 800 people.
Elihu Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.33679° or 41° 20′ 12″ northLongitude
-71.88957° or 71° 53′ 22″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87HC84P6+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 22691533OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4833853Wikidata ID
Q5360855
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Elihu Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elihu Island”
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