Sherwood Island State Park

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.

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Type: Park
Description: State park in Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Sherwood State Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green’s Farms station and Compo Beach.

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.

Westport station

Railway station

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Westport station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut. It is located in the center of the Saugatuck section of town, a few miles south of downtown Westport, and is one of two stations serving Westport. Westport station is situated 2 miles west of Sherwood Island State Park.

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. Southport is situated 3 miles northeast of Sherwood Island State Park.

Sherwood Island State Park

Categories: Connecticut state park and recreation area
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.11507° or 41° 6′ 54″ north

Longitude

-73.33102° or 73° 19′ 52″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Named after

Sherwood Island

Open location code

87H84M89+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 720153710

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4842957

Wikidata ID

Q7495543

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Sherwood Island State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sherwood Island State Park”
German: “Sherwood Island State Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Compo and Saugatuck.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sherwood Island and Sherwood Island Model Air Field.

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