Perch Island
Perch Island is a reef in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Perch Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avondale, as well as near the town Stonington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elihu Island and Watch Hill Lighthouse.
Elihu Island
Island
Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.
Watch Hill Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Watch Hill Lighthouse in Watch Hill, Rhode Island has served as a nautical beacon for ships since 1745, when the Rhode Island colonial government constructed a watchtower and beacon during the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War. Watch Hill Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles south of Perch Island.
Goat Island
Islet
Goat Island is part of Stonington, Connecticut in Wequetequock Cove. It is just northeast of Elihu Island, and is also close to the coast along the Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watch Hill and Stonington.
Watch Hill
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Watch Hill is a district in Westerly, which is a town in Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a wealthy, summer tourist district comprised of two main streets. Most of the homes are summer mansions.
Stonington
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.
Stonington
Town
Stonington is a borough and the town center of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, referred to by locals as "The Borough". The population was 976 at the 2020 United States Census, up from 929 in 2010. Stonington is situated 2 miles west of Perch Island.
Perch Island
- Type: Reef
- Description: island in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.32652° or 41° 19′ 36″ northLongitude
-71.86492° or 71° 51′ 54″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HC84GP+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1341965143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=reef
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In Other Languages
“Perch Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Perch Island”
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