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About 9 miles (14 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, it is about 11 miles (18 km) from the tip of Long Island at Orient Point, 2 miles (3 km) each from Napatree Point at the southwestern tip of Rhode Island and Groton Long Point in Connecticut, and about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of New London, Connecticut. It is accessible from New London by ...
Fort H. G. Wright was a United States military installation on Fishers Island in the town of Southold, New York, just two miles off the coast of southeastern Connecticut, but technically in New York. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound , along with Fort Terry , Fort Michie , and (in World War II ) Camp Hero . [ 1 ]
Latimer Reef Light is a sparkplug lighthouse on Latimer's Reef in Fishers Island Sound. [2] [3] [4] The lighthouse is located one mile northwest of East Point on Fisher's Island, Suffolk County, New York. Originally called Latemore's Reef after James Latemore.
Race Rock Light is a lighthouse on Race Rock Reef, a dangerous set of rocks on Long Island Sound southwest of Fishers Island, New York and the site of many shipwrecks. [2] [3] [4] It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.
Nov. 3—NEW LONDON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration on Friday announced a $1.6 million award to save dolphins in the city harbor. It's probably not what you think.
Bluff Point Light: Valcour Island (Lake Champlain 1874 1930 Active (Inactive: 1930–2004) ... (Fishers Island 1884 1954 Active 300mm 55 ft (17 m) ...
Authorities believe that she walked west from Mather Point, a popular lookout, toward Bright Angel Lodge or Hermits Rest, the most western point of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Although there was a demand to create new golf courses on Long Island, particularly on the East End, the idea of creating a new golf course in Montauk in addition to Montauk Downs State Park was dropped in 1999. [9] Camp Hero State Park was opened on September 18, 2002.