Sherwood Island

Sherwood Island is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Sherwood Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Greens Farms, as well as near Compo.

Type: Island
Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Farmer’s Island”, “Farmers Island”, “Fox Island”, and “Great Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherwood Island State Park and Green’s Farms station.

Sherwood Island State Park

Park

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Sherwood Island State Park is a public recreation area on the shore of Long Island Sound in the Greens Farms section of Westport, Connecticut. The state park offers swimming, fishing, and other activities on 238 acres of beach, wetlands, and woodlands.

Green’s Farms station

Railway station

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Green's Farms station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut.

Compo Beach

Beach

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greens Farms and Westport.

Greens Farms

Hamlet

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Green's Farms is the oldest neighborhood in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It was first listed as a census-designated place at the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Green's Farms had a population of 3,125.

Westport

Photo: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY 4.0.

Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located in the Gold Coast along the Long Island Sound, it is 48 miles northeast of New York City and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.

Southport

Village

Photo: RGloucester, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southport is a census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is located along Long Island Sound between Mill River and Sasco Brook, where it borders Westport.

Sherwood Island

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

41.11482° or 41° 6′ 53″ north

Longitude

-73.33095° or 73° 19′ 51″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Named after

Sherwood family

Open location code

87H84M79+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359287179

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4842956

Wikidata ID

Q31830552

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Satellite Map

Discover Sherwood Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Sherwood Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sherwood Island”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sherwood Island Model Air Field and Alvord Beach.

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