Jones Rocks
Jones Rocks is an islet in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Jones Rocks is situated nearby to the hamlet Belle Haven, as well as near the locality Round Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Also known as: “Beacon Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Captain Island and Great Captain Island Light.
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.
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.
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. Byram is situated 2 miles northwest of Jones Rocks.
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.
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.
Jones Rocks
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.98718° or 40° 59′ 14″ northLongitude
-73.62869° or 73° 37′ 43″ westOpen location code
87G8X9PC+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 359264954OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4837093Wikidata ID
Q31825716
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In Other Languages
“Jones Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jones Rocks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Belle Haven and Round Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bowers Island and Little Captain Island.
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