Outer Thimble

Outer Thimble is an islet in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Outer Thimble is situated nearby to the suburb Stony Creek, as well as near the hamlet Hoadley Neck.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Outer Island and Horse Island.

Outer Island

Islet

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, CC BY 2.0.

Outer Island is a 5-acre island located in Long Island Sound. It is one of the Thimble Islands, a small archipelago just south of Stony Creek, a hamlet of Branford, Connecticut.

Horse Island, at 17 acres, is the largest of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut. It is owned by Yale University and is maintained as an ecological laboratory by Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Pot Island

Islet

Pot Island is one of the Thimble Islands in Branford, Connecticut. It was named for the numerous glacial potholes of various sizes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stony Creek and Branford Point Historic District.

Stony Creek

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Stony Creek is a coastal village located the southeastern section of Branford, Connecticut, United States, centered on a harbor on Long Island Sound. Stony Creek has the ambiance of a small seaside village which retains its roots as a summer vacation location with old Victorian hotels and a working granite quarry. Stony Creek is situated 2 miles north of Outer Thimble.

Branford Point Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Branford Point Historic District is a historic district in Branford, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Branford Point Historic District is situated 3½ miles northwest of Outer Thimble.

Branford

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Branford is a city of 28,000 people in the Greater New Haven region of Connecticut. Branford has six historic districts that are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Outer Thimble

Type: Islet
Description: island in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.2404° or 41° 14′ 25″ north

Longitude

-72.75893° or 72° 45′ 32″ west

Open location code

87H966RR+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 804491701

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4840220

Wikidata ID

Q31827758

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Cebuano: “Outer Thimble”

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