Horse Island

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

Type: Islet
Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Quarry Ball Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bruce Museum and Bruce Park.

Bruce Museum

Museum

Photo: Noroton, 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.

Bruce Park

Park

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Greenwich station

Railway station

Photo: Picabu, Public domain.

Greenwich station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwich and Cos Cob.

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.

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 2 miles north of Horse Island.

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. Riverside is situated 2 miles northeast of Horse Island.

Horse Island

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.01408° or 41° 0′ 51″ north

Longitude

-73.60491° or 73° 36′ 18″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87H8297W+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22693042

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4836342

Wikidata ID

Q31825562

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Horse Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Horse Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brush Island and Lowther Point.

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