Great Captain Rocks
Great Captain Rocks is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Great Captain Rocks is situated nearby to the hamlet Purdys Grove, as well as near the suburb Byram.Places of Interest
Highlights include Calf Islands and Great Captain Island.
Calf Islands
Islet
Calf Island, between 27.5-acre The island is open for visitors; although, as of the summer of 2006, it was getting relatively few of them. The island is the largest one in Greenwich waters.
Great Captain Island
Islet
Great Captain Island, also known more familiarly as "Great Captain's Island," is an island off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut. The 17.2-acre island is the largest of a three-island group that also includes Little Captain and Wee Captain.
Port Chester station
Railway station
Photo: Lee Cannon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Chester station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Port Chester, New York. The station is the northernmost station on the line in New York before crossing into Connecticut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byram and Port Chester.
Byram
Suburb
Byram is a neighborhood/section and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Byram had a population of 4,493.
Port Chester
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Chester is a village in the U.S. state of New York and the largest part of the town of Rye in Westchester County by population. As of the 2020 census, Port Chester had a population of 31,693.
Rye
Photo: Minard38, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rye is a coastal city in Westchester County of New York. Best known for being home to Rye Playland which was built in 1928, the only publicly-owned amusement park in the U.S.A, it has the feel of a charming, wealthy small town along the Long Island Sound.
Great Captain Rocks
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.98399° or 40° 59′ 2″ northLongitude
-73.64985° or 73° 38′ 60″ westOpen location code
87G8X9M2+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 359263772OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4835272Wikidata ID
Q31825419
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In Other Languages
“Great Captain Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Captain Rocks”
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