Highwater Rock

Highwater Rock is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Highwater Rock is situated near the hamlet Dolphin Cove, as well as near the neighborhood Shippan Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Stamford Light and Marion Castle.

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.

Marion Castle

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Marion Castle, also known as Terre Bonne, is located at 1 Rogers Road in the Shippan Point section of Stamford, Connecticut. It was built in 1914 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1982.

Stamford Station

Railway station

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

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shippan Point and South End of Stamford.

Shippan Point

Neighborhood

Shippan Point is the southernmost neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, located on a peninsula in Long Island Sound. Street names such as Ocean Drive West and Lighthouse Way reflect the neighborhood's shoreline location.

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.

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.

Highwater Rock

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

41.01862° or 41° 1′ 7″ north

Longitude

-73.54182° or 73° 32′ 31″ west

Open location code

87H82F95+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 716763576

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4836103

Wikidata ID

Q31825523

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In Other Languages

“Highwater Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Highwater Rock”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Dolphin Cove and Waterside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Flathead Rocks and Grass Island.

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