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Coastal Connecticut is the mildest area in Connecticut in winter and often has a frost-free season that is up to one month longer than inland areas. Snowfall in coastal Connecticut is often light and melts quickly due to the oceanic influences.
Connecticut (/ k ə ˈ n ɛ t ɪ k ə t / ⓘ kə-NET-ih-kət) [10] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south.
The coast of Connecticut sits on Long Island Sound, which is an estuary. The state's access to the open Atlantic Ocean is both to the west (toward New York City) and to the east (toward the "race" near Rhode Island). Due to this unique geography, Long Island Sound and the Connecticut shoreline are relatively protected from high waves from ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Connecticut: Connecticut – state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States . Called the "Constitution State" or the "Nutmeg state", Connecticut has a long history dating from early colonial times and was influential in the ...
Gold Coast of Fairfield County Waveny Park in New Canaan.Part of the Gold Coast of Connecticut, 2017. The Gold Coast, also known as Lower Fairfield County or Southwestern Connecticut, is an affluent part of Western Connecticut that includes the entire southern portion of Fairfield County as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Super-Public Use Microdata Area (Super-PUMA) Region 09600.
Map of the counties of colonial Connecticut, 1766. There are eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of the counties – Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and New London – were created in 1666, shortly after the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony combined. Windham and Litchfield counties were created later in the colonial ...
Cruise the coast to Ford’s Lobster in Noank for lunch, where you’ll enjoy lobster rolls served Connecticut-style (warm with melted butter) in a circa-1950s bait-and-tackle shop. Mindy Briar ...
This is a list of islands of Connecticut. The list does not include named minor rock outcroppings, former islands that are now connected to the mainland by landfill, or false islands that are connected by thin slivers of land to the mainland. Unless otherwise indicated, listed islands are in Long Island Sound.