Fox Island

Fox Island is an island in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Fox Island is situated nearby to the locality Millstone, as well as near the hamlet Pleasure Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Millstone Nuclear Power Plant and Niantic River Bridge.

Millstone Nuclear Power Plant

Power station

Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.

The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut, United States, and the only multi-unit nuclear plant in New England.

Niantic River Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Niantic River Bridge, also known as Amtrak Bascule Bridge No. 116.74, is a railroad bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line across the Niantic River between East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut.

McCook Park Beach

Beach

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McCook Point is a public park and beach located in the village of Niantic in the town of East Lyme. It adjoins the town's Hole in the Wall Beach to its east and the private Crescent Beach to its west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartford Colony and Graniteville Historic District.

Hartford Colony

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hartford Colony is a historic district on the coast of Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut, which was developed as a summer resort area for the wealthy and elite of Hartford.

Graniteville Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Graniteville Historic District is a mainly residential historic district in Waterford, Connecticut, United States. It is ranged along Rope Ferry Road, near granite quarries that were once a major industry in the town.

Niantic

Suburb

Photo: Dmcoxe, CC BY 3.0.

Niantic is a census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, Niantic had a population of 3,194. It is located on Long Island Sound.

Fox Island

Type: Island
Description: island in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30677° or 41° 18′ 24″ north

Longitude

-72.16063° or 72° 9′ 38″ west

Open location code

87H98R4Q+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359263366

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4834725

Wikidata ID

Q31825321

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In Other Languages

“Fox Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fox Island”

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