Cos Cob, Greenwich

Name: Cos Cob
Address: Greenwich, United States

#45 among attractions in Greenwich

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Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,770 at the 2010 census. ()

Alternative names: Area: 2.19 mi²Coordinates: 41°1'60"N, 73°35'58"W

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Cos Cob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Putnam Cottage, Bush–Holley House, St. Catherine of Sienna Church.

1.5 miSW
Museum, Science museum, Art museum
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich
38 min walk • The Bruce Museum is a museum in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut with both art and natural history exhibition space. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95.
1.1 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Putnam Cottage, Greenwich
28 min walk • Putnam Cottage was also known as Knapp Tavern during the American Revolution. It is located at 243 East Putnam Avenue, on the former route of the Boston Post Road, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
0.4 miNE
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Bush–Holley House, Greenwich
11 min walk • The Bush–Holley House is a National Historic Landmark and historic house museum at 39 Strickland Road in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Connecticut. It was constructed circa 1730 and in the late nineteenth century was a boarding house and the center of the Cos Cob Art Colony, Connecticut's first art colony.
0.8 miNE
Church
St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Greenwich
22 min walk • St. Catherine of Sienna is now part of The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes, a Roman Catholic parish in Riverside & Greenwich, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
0.6 miE
Bridge
Riverside Avenue Bridge, Greenwich
16 min walk • The Riverside Avenue Bridge is the only cast-iron bridge in Connecticut and one of a small number still in use in the United States. It carries Riverside Avenue over the New Haven Line railroad tracks in the Riverside section of Greenwich, Connecticut.
~1580 ftSE
Bridge
Mianus River Railroad Bridge, Greenwich
8 min walk • The Mianus River Railroad Bridge, also known as the Cos Cob Bridge, is a bascule drawbridge built in 1904 over the Mianus River, in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
0.4 miN
41°2'20"N • 73°35'55"W
The Drawing Room Boutique, Greenwich
10 min walk • Museum
1.1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Bowman Observatory, Greenwich
29 min walk • Bowman Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Greenwich, Connecticut Board of Education. Members of The Astronomical Society of Greenwich staff the observatory under the auspices of the Board's Continuing Education Department.
0.5 miNE
Bridge
Mianus River Bridge, Greenwich
12 min walk • The Mianus River Bridge is a span that carries Interstate 95 over the Mianus River, between Cos Cob and Riverside, Connecticut. It is the second bridge on the site. The original bridge collapsed in 1983, killing three motorists. The replacement span is officially named the Michael L.
~730 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Strickland Road Historic District, Greenwich
4 min walk • The Strickland Road Historic District of Greenwich, Connecticut is a 9-acre historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Mianus, Stamford
22 min walk • Mianus, formerly Mayamus and Upper Landing, is a neighborhood in the town of Greenwich in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Unlike other Greenwich neighborhoods such as Cos Cob or Old Greenwich, Mianus does not have its own ZIP code or post office.

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Which popular attractions are close to Cos Cob?

Nearby attractions include Strickland Road Historic District, Greenwich (4 min walk), Mianus River Railroad Bridge, Greenwich (8 min walk), River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District, Greenwich (9 min walk), The Drawing Room Boutique, Greenwich (10 min walk).

How to get to Cos Cob by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cos Cob:

Train

Cos Cob (7 min walk)
Riverside (17 min walk)