Chaffinch Island State Park

Chaffinch Island State Park is a park in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Chaffinch Island State Park is situated nearby to the locality Guilford Historic Town Center, as well as near the hamlet Sachem Head.

Type: Park
Description: park in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Chaffinch Island Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guilford station and Hyland House Museum.

Guilford station

Railway station

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Guilford station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located slightly south of the town center of Guilford, Connecticut. Owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, it is served by the CT Rail Shore Line East service.

Hyland House Museum

Museum

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The Hyland House Museum or Hyland–Wildman House is a historic house museum at 84 Boston Street in Guilford, Connecticut. Built in 1713, it is one of the town's best-preserved houses of that period.

Whitfield Shore

Building

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Whitfield Shore is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guilford and Guilford Historic Town Center.

Guilford

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Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It borders Madison, Branford, North Branford, and Durham. It is situated on I-95 and the Connecticut coast.

Guilford Historic Town Center

Locality

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Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic district encompassing the entire town center of Guilford, Connecticut, United States. It is centered on the town green, laid out in 1639, and extends north to Interstate 95, South to Long Island Sound, west to the West River, and east to East Creek.

Stony Creek

Suburb

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Stony Creek is a coastal village located the southeastern section of Branford, Connecticut, United States, centered on a harbor on Long Island Sound. Stony Creek has the ambiance of a small seaside village which retains its roots as a summer vacation location with old Victorian hotels and a working granite quarry. Stony Creek is situated 4 miles west of Chaffinch Island State Park.

Chaffinch Island State Park

Category: recreation area
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.26482° or 41° 15′ 53″ north

Longitude

-72.67843° or 72° 40′ 42″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87H9787C+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359283957

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5283708

Wikidata ID

Q31815256

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In Other Languages

“Chaffinch Island State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Chaffinch Island State Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sachem Head and Leetes Island.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chaffinch Island and Ortense & Cerretani.

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