Reel Island

Reel Island is in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Reel Island is situated nearby to the suburb Stony Creek, as well as near the hamlet Hoadley Neck.

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 Branford and Guilford.

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.

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.

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.

Reel Island

Type: Coastline
Category: landform
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.2518° or 41° 15′ 6″ north

Longitude

-72.7477° or 72° 44′ 52″ west

Open location code

87H97722+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 716908371

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

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