Forbes Rocks

Forbes Rocks is a reef in Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York. Forbes Rocks is situated nearby to the village Milton, as well as near the hamlet Greenhaven.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Playland and Rye Town Park.

Playland

Theme park

Photo: ChangChienFu, Public domain.

Playland is an amusement park located along the Long Island Sound in Rye, New York, United States. Built in 1928, the 280-acre park is owned by the Westchester County government.

Marshlands Conservancy is a 147-acre wildlife sanctuary in the city of Rye, New York, fully owned and operated by Westchester County Parks. It was originally the home of the Wecquaesgeek tribe and once owned by the parents of American peacemaker John Jay. Marshlands Conservancy is situated 1½ miles west of Forbes Rocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rye and Harrison.

Rye

Photo: Minard38, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rye is a coastal city in Westchester County of New York. Best known for being home to Rye Playland which was built in 1928, the only publicly-owned amusement park in the U.S.A, it has the feel of a charming, wealthy small town along the Long Island Sound.

Harrison

Photo: Copperhead7, CC BY 3.0.

Harrison is a town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located 22 miles northeast of Manhattan. The population was 28,218 at the 2020 census.

Mamaroneck

Photo: June Marie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. As of 2019, its population was an estimated 19,131.

Forbes Rocks

Type: Reef
Also known as: “Forbes Rock”
Categories: char and landform
Location: Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.95474° or 40° 57′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.67214° or 73° 40′ 20″ west

Open location code

87G8X83H+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12525272332

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

5117540

Wikidata ID

Q49616467

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In Other Languages

“Forbes Rocks” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Forbes Rocks”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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