Yellow Rocks
Yellow Rocks is an island in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Yellow Rocks is situated nearby to the village Rowayton, as well as near the hamlet Round Beach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sheffield Island and Sheffield Island Light.
Sheffield Island Light
Lighthouse
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.
Greens Ledge Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Greensledgelight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greens Ledge Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse in the western Long Island Sound near Norwalk, Connecticut and Darien, Connecticut. It is one of 33 sparkplug lighthouses still in existence in the United States and remains an active aid to navigation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowayton and South Norwalk.
Rowayton
Village
Photo: Noroton, Public domain.
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.
Boston Post Road Historic District
Neighborhood
The Boston Post Road Historic District encompasses a cross-section of residential architectural styles representative of much of the history of Darien, Connecticut.
Yellow Rocks
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.04954° or 41° 2′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.41429° or 73° 24′ 51″ westOpen location code
87H82HXP+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 359272472OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4846202Wikidata ID
Q31831521
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In Other Languages
“Yellow Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yellow Rocks”
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