Tavern Island

Tavern Island is an islet in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Tavern Island is situated nearby to the village Rowayton, as well as near the hamlet Harborview.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Pilot Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sheffield Island and Sheffield Island Light.

Sheffield Island

Islet

Photo: American, Public domain.

Sheffield Island is an islet.

Sheffield Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Sheffield Island Light is a historic lighthouse located at the southern end of the Norwalk Islands in Norwalk, Connecticut. It marks the west side of the mouth of the Norwalk River on northern Long Island Sound.

Manresa Island

Island

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Manresa Island is an island located in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the mouth of Norwalk Harbor in the Long Island Sound. The earliest name for the landform was Boutons Island, which dates to 1664.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowayton and South Norwalk.

Rowayton is a coastal neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, roughly 40 miles from New York City. The community is governed by the Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk and has a number of active local associations, including the Civic Association, the Historical Society, the Rowayton Library, a Gardeners Club, and a Parents Exchange.

South Norwalk

Suburb

Photo: JohnOwensCT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August 18, 1870. South Norwalk is situated 2½ miles north of Tavern Island.

Boston Post Road Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Boston Post Road Historic District encompasses a cross-section of residential architectural styles representative of much of the history of Darien, Connecticut. Boston Post Road Historic District is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tavern Island.

Tavern Island

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

41.06077° or 41° 3′ 39″ north

Longitude

-73.42194° or 73° 25′ 19″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87H83H6H+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22693034

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4844037

Wikidata ID

Q31831193

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In Other Languages

“Tavern Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tavern Island”

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Localities in the Area

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