Sherwood Point

Sherwood Point is a cape in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Sherwood Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Compo, as well as near Greens Farms.

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 Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Hansford Point”, “Hansforth Point”, and “Sherwoods Point”
Category: landform
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.11055° or 41° 6′ 38″ north

Longitude

-73.33033° or 73° 19′ 49″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87H84M69+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7525199624

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

4842963

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