Fords Beach

Fords Beach is a beach in Greenwich, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Fords Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Dolphin Cove, as well as near the suburb Old Greenwich.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Ford’s Beach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stamford Light and Old Greenwich station.

Stamford Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Stamford Harbor Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Chatham Rock off of Stamford, Connecticut. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Old Greenwich station

Railway station

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Old Greenwich station is a commuter rail station served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Old Greenwich neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Stamford Station

Railway station

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Stamford station, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center or the Stamford Transportation Center, is a major railroad station in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, serving passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Stamford Station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fords Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Greenwich and South End of Stamford.

Old Greenwich

Suburb

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Old Greenwich is a coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Old Greenwich had a population of 6,962. The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich.

South End of Stamford

Neighborhood

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

The South End of Stamford, Connecticut is a neighborhood located at the southern end of the city, just south of the Downtown neighborhood. The South End is a peninsula bordered by Downtown Stamford and Interstate 95 to the north and almost totally by water on all other sides, with few streets linking it to other neighborhoods.

Riverside

Village

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843.

Fords Beach

Category: landform
Location: Greenwich, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Fairfield County, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.02399° or 41° 1′ 26″ north

Longitude

-73.55596° or 73° 33′ 21″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

87H82CFV+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359285899

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

4834625

Wikidata ID

Q31810925

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Satellite Map

Discover Fords Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Fords Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fords Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dolphin Cove and Waterside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tomac Cemetery and Saint Saviours Episcopal Church.

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