Watts Island

Watts Island is an island in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Watts Island is situated nearby to the village Giants Neck, as well as near the neighborhood Attawan Beach.

Type: Island
Description: island in Connecticut, USA
Also known as: “Bluff Island”, “Wait Island”, and “Waits Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rocky Neck State Park and McCook Park Beach.

Rocky Neck State Park

Nature reserve

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Rocky Neck State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 710 acres on Long Island Sound in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, United States. The park encompasses a white sand beach and small boardwalk, tidal river, a broad salt marsh, and a large stone pavilion dating from the 1930s.

McCook Park Beach

Beach

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McCook Point is a public park and beach located in the village of Niantic in the town of East Lyme. It adjoins the town's Hole in the Wall Beach to its east and the private Crescent Beach to its west.

York Correctional Institution

Prison

Janet S. York Correctional Institution is Connecticut's only state prison for women, located in Niantic. The facility opened in its current form in October, 1994, and houses a maximum of 1500 at a range of security levels from minimum to super maximum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niantic and East Lyme.

Niantic

Suburb

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Niantic is a census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, Niantic had a population of 3,194. It is located on Long Island Sound.

East Lyme

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East Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 census. The villages of Niantic and Flanders are located in the town.

Oswegatchie Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Oswegatchie Historic District is a historic district in the town of Waterford, Connecticut, United States. The historic district is located on a peninsula on the east side of the tidal Niantic River, and represents a cross-section of historic coastal land uses, from farming to a small colony of summer estates to year-round living.

Watts Island

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

41.29899° or 41° 17′ 56″ north

Longitude

-72.22036° or 72° 13′ 13″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87H97QXH+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359272892

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4845295

Wikidata ID

Q31831458

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Watts Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Watts Island”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Giants Neck and Attawan Beach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Huntley Island and Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road).

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