Black Rock

Black Rock is an island in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Black Rock is situated nearby to the locality Millstone, as well as near the suburb Niantic.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Millstone Nuclear Power Plant and Niantic River Bridge.

Millstone Nuclear Power Plant

Power station

Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.

The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut, United States, and the only multi-unit nuclear plant in New England.

Niantic River Bridge

Bridge

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Niantic River Bridge, also known as Amtrak Bascule Bridge No. 116.74, is a railroad bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line across the Niantic River between East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut.

McCook Park Beach

Beach

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niantic and Hartford Colony.

Niantic

Suburb

Photo: Dmcoxe, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Hartford Colony

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hartford Colony is a historic district on the coast of Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut, which was developed as a summer resort area for the wealthy and elite of Hartford.

Graniteville Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Graniteville Historic District is a mainly residential historic district in Waterford, Connecticut, United States. It is ranged along Rope Ferry Road, near granite quarries that were once a major industry in the town.

Black Rock

Type: Island
Description: island in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30982° or 41° 18′ 35″ north

Longitude

-72.17758° or 72° 10′ 39″ west

Open location code

87H98R5C+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359260354

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5282475

Wikidata ID

Q31825211

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In Other Languages

“Black Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Black Rock”

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