Woolsey Rock

Woolsey Rock is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Woolsey Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Dolphin Cove, as well as near the locality Lowther Point.

Type: Island
Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Greenwich Point Shoal” and “Woolsey’s Rock Shoal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenwich Point Park and Stamford Light.

Stamford Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Old Greenwich station

Railway station

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Old Greenwich station is a commuter rail station served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Old Greenwich neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Greenwich and Riverside.

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.

Riverside

Village

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843.

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.

Woolsey Rock

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

41.00065° or 41° 0′ 2″ north

Longitude

-73.56485° or 73° 33′ 53″ west

Open location code

87H82C2P+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359272401

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4846103

Wikidata ID

Q31831512

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Woolsey Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Woolsey Rock”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dolphin Cove and Lowther Point.

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Highlights include Holly Grove and Uncas Point Beach.

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