Goose Island

Goose Island is an islet in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Goose Island is situated nearby to the locality Lowther Point, as well as near Brush Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bruce Park and Bruce Museum.

Bruce Park

Park

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Bruce Museum is an art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95.

Cos Cob station

Railway station

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cos Cob station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in the Cos Cob district of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Cos Cob.

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.

Cos Cob

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. Cos Cob is situated 1½ miles north of Goose Island.

Greenwich

Photo: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY 4.0.

Greenwich is a town of about 60,000 in Fairfield County, southwestern Connecticut. It is one of the wealthiest communities in America and is blessed with lush and beautiful scenery and many large and impressive houses.

Goose Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.01694° or 41° 1′ 1″ north

Longitude

-73.59981° or 73° 35′ 59″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87H82C82+Q3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219555981

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4835114

Wikidata ID

Q31825387

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In Other Languages

“Goose Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Goose Island”

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Localities in the Area

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