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 village Byram.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Great Captain Island Light
Lighthouse
Great Captain Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Great Captain Island in the western Long Island Sound off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byram and Port Chester.
Byram
Village
Byram is a neighborhood/section and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It had a population of 4,146 at the 2010 census, and a census-estimated population of 4,216 in 2018.
Port Chester
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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. At the 2010 U.S. census, the village had a population of 28,967 and was the fifth-most populous village in New York State.
Rye
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Purdys Grove and Belle Haven.
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Highlights include Channel Rock and Hawthorne Beach.
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