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| Mill Pond |
Sherwood Point |
New Creek |
Burying Hill to Frost Point |
Beachside Avenue |
| What the
State owns |
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Sherwood Island State Park is on the left
side of the photo. The Sherwood
Connector crosses I95 and becomes the entrance
road that leads down to Sherwood Point. West of the
entrance road lie the Sherwood's Island uplands.
East of the road, the Mill Creek runs from the Mill
Pond through the salt marsh to New Creek, the park's
eastern border. |
| What the
Town owns |
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West of the park, Westport owns the Mill
Pond. East of the park, across New Creek, Westport
owns Burying Hill Beach, which stretches over to
Frost Point. |
| Private
property |
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Across the thruway north of the marsh, the
Nyala Farms commercial buildings are on land where
cattle once grazed. Just north of Burying Hill on
New Creek is the Green's Farms Academy, which was
once a private estate. In the 1600s, the Bankside
Farmers settled in the area surrounding Burying
Hill. In the 1800s, some of the State's wealthiest
families built homes on the Beachside Avenue
"Gold Coast." The waterfront along
Beachside Avenue is all private. |
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| Photo credit |
This is a cutout from an interactive
photo available at Terraserver.com.
If you go to that site, you can search for an area
by zip code, and zoom in to 8 meters of detail at no
charge. The photo is from AirPhoto USA. |
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