Little Pumpkin Island

Little Pumpkin Island is an island in the Thimble Islands archipelago. It was named because the owner entered a pumpkin-growing contest for the biggest pumpkin, but ended up rearing the smallest of the entries.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rogers Island and Outer Island.

Rogers Island

Islet

Rogers Island is a private island in the Thimble Islands archipelago off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut in New Haven County. Covering approximately 7.65 acres in Long Island Sound, it is one of the largest and most valuable of the Thimble Islands.

Outer Island

Islet

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, CC BY 2.0.

Outer Island is a 5-acre island located in Long Island Sound. It is one of the Thimble Islands, a small archipelago just south of Stony Creek, a hamlet of Branford, Connecticut.

Pot Island

Islet

Pot Island is one of the Thimble Islands in Branford, Connecticut. It was named for the numerous glacial potholes of various sizes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guilford and Branford.

Guilford

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Branford

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Branford is a city of 28,000 people in the Greater New Haven region of Connecticut. Branford has six historic districts that are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Stony Creek

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Little Pumpkin Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Connecticut, United States
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.2528° or 41° 15′ 10″ north

Longitude

-72.7427° or 72° 44′ 34″ west

Open location code

87H97734+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219564006

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

Wikidata ID

Q28229420

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