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Silver Sands State Park is a public recreation area located on Long Island Sound in the city of Milford, Connecticut. [3] The state park consists of 297 acres (120 ha) of beach, dunes, restored salt marsh , open areas and woods as well as the 14-acre (5.7 ha) bird sanctuary of Charles Island . [ 4 ]
Milford Point is a 23-acre (0.093 km 2) barrier beach on the shoreline of Milford, Connecticut. The long peninsula is the southwest extremity of the city, located at the mouth of the Housatonic River on Long Island Sound .
Over 300 different species of bird have been observed at this location. The Coastal Center is located on an 8.4-acre (34,000 m 2) barrier beach—the Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge & Bird Sanctuary—and is situated next to the 840-acre (3.4 km 2) Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River.
By road, Milford Sound is 291 km (181 mi) from Queenstown and 278 km (173 mi) from Invercargill (about four hours' drive), [34] with most of the tour buses to the sound departing from Queenstown. Some tourists also arrive from the smaller tourism centre of Te Anau , 121 km (75 mi) away.
English: Southern Discoveries are the premier cruise company in both Milford Sound and Queenstown offering a range of Milford Sound Cruises, Go Milford Day Tour, Milford Sound Kayaking, the Milford Discovery Centre - New Zealand's only floating underwater observatory and Queenstown Lake Cruises.
Charles Island is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) island located roughly 0.5 mile (1 km) off the coast of Milford, Connecticut, in Long Island Sound centered at . Charles Island is accessible from shore via a tombolo (locally referred to as a sandbar), which is exposed at low tide.
Along with the Milford Point barrier beach and associated sand bars, the WMA is one of the most important migratory bird stopover areas on Long Island Sound, particularly for shorebirds. [6] The WMA is a refuge for ducks, geese, swans and many other migratory birds. There are also insects, crustaceans, fish and mammals.
Spartina grass can be seen at the north of the beach. Sand Point is in the background and South Wales in the far distance across the water. Sand Bay is a strip of coast in North Somerset bordered to the south by Worlebury Hill and to the north by Sand Point and Middle Hope .