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

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.

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

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-73.41429° or 73° 24′ 51″ west

Open location code

87H82HXP+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359272472

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4846202

Wikidata ID

Q31831521

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In Other Languages

“Yellow Rocks” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Yellow Rocks”

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