Shippan Point

Shippan Point is a cape in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Shippan Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Dolphin Cove, as well as near the neighborhood South End of Stamford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stamford Light and Marion Castle.

Stamford Light

Lighthouse

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Stamford Harbor Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Chatham Rock off of Stamford, Connecticut. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Marion Castle

Building

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The Marion Castle, also known as Terre Bonne, is located at 1 Rogers Road in the Shippan Point section of Stamford, Connecticut. It was built in 1914 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1982.

Stamford Station

Railway station

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Stamford station, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center or the Stamford Transportation Center, is a major railroad station in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, serving passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shippan Point and South End of Stamford.

Shippan Point

Neighborhood

Shippan Point is the southernmost neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, located on a peninsula in Long Island Sound. Street names such as Ocean Drive West and Lighthouse Way reflect the neighborhood's shoreline location.

South End of Stamford

Neighborhood

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The South End of Stamford, Connecticut is a neighborhood located at the southern end of the city, just south of the Downtown neighborhood. The South End is a peninsula bordered by Downtown Stamford and Interstate 95 to the north and almost totally by water on all other sides, with few streets linking it to other neighborhoods.

Old Greenwich

Suburb

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Old Greenwich is a coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Old Greenwich had a population of 6,962. The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich.

Shippan Point

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

41.01732° or 41° 1′ 2″ north

Longitude

-73.52964° or 73° 31′ 47″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87H82F8C+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7525199611

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

4842984

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