Rock Island

Rock Island is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Rock Island is situated nearby to the village Candlewood Point, as well as near Lanesville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Milford High School and Squantz Pond State Park.

New Milford High School

School

New Milford High School is a public high school in New Milford, Connecticut. Currently, approximately 1,238 students attend the school. Although a majority of the students attending the school are from New Milford, others are from the nearby town of Sherman.

Squantz Pond State Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Juliancolton, CC0.

Squantz Pond State Park is a public recreation area located 10 miles north of Danbury in the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 172 acres on the southwestern shore of 270-acre Squantz Pond, offering opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing, and hiking.

Lovers Leap Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Lover's Leap Bridge is a wrought-iron lenticular truss bridge over the Housatonic River located in Lovers Leap State Park in New Milford, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Candlewood Lake Club and Candlewood Shores.

Candlewood Lake Club

Hamlet

Photo: AirportExpert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Candlewood Lake Club is a private residential community and census-designated place in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, and in the town of New Milford, Litchfield County, in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

Candlewood Shores

Village

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Candlewood Shores is a private residential community and census-designated place in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Bridgewater

Village

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Bridgewater is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,662 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,727 tabulated in 2010.

Rock Island

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

41.52398° or 41° 31′ 26″ north

Longitude

-73.4379° or 73° 26′ 16″ west

Elevation

449 feet (137 metres)

Open location code

87H8GHF6+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359268214

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4841600

Wikidata ID

Q31829498

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In Other Languages

“Rock Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rock Island”

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