Davids Island, New Rochelle

Name: Davids Island
Address: New Rochelle, United States

#17 among attractions in New Rochelle

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Davids Island is a 78-acre island off the coast of New Rochelle, New York, in Long Island Sound. Currently uninhabited, it was previously the site of Fort Slocum. The island is home to the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, and birds such as osprey and least terns. Davids Island also supports valuable wetlands, rare rocky intertidal areas, and sandy beaches. The waters surrounding the island are home to winter flounder, Atlantic herring, and Atlantic silverside. ()

Coordinates: 40°53'0"N, 73°46'13"W

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New Rochelle United States

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Davids Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glen Island Park, Huckleberry Island, Leland Castle, Pea Island.

0.7 miW
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Glen Island Park, New Rochelle
19 min walk • Glen Island Park is a 105-acre waterfront park, located on Glen Island, on the Long Island Sound, New York.
0.7 miE
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Huckleberry Island, New Rochelle
18 min walk • Huckleberry Island is an island in Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It lies approximately three-fourths mile east of Davids' Island.
1.3 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Leland Castle, New Rochelle
34 min walk • Leland Castle is a building in New Rochelle, New York. It was constructed during the years in 1855 - 1859 in the Gothic Revival style, and was the country residence of Simeon Leland, a wealthy New York City hotel proprietor.
0.6 miSE
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Pea Island
15 min walk • Pea Island is a small island in Long Island Sound and a part of the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York. It features a rocky, grass-covered terrain, with exposed rocks at low tide.
0.4 miW
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Goose Island, New Rochelle
10 min walk • Goose Island is a small, rocky island in Long Island Sound and a part of the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
Titus Mill-Pond & New York State Tidal Wetlands, New Rochelle
31 min walk • Titus Mill Pond & New York State Tidal Wetlands is located at the northeastern end of New Rochelle Harbor in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester, New York. The waters in the harbor and pond flow from Long Island Sound, with tides up to eight feet in the inlet and with no fresh water stream entering into it.
1 miNE
Neighbourhood
Middle Ground, New Rochelle
26 min walk • Middle Ground is a large submerged reef in Long Island Sound and part of the city of New Rochelle, in Westchester County, New York. This underwater embankment formed from the natural accumulation of rock and sand in shallow coastal waters. Rock outcrops just below the surface at the center of Middle Ground become exposed during low tide.
0.5 miSE
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Columbia Island
14 min walk • Columbia Island, is an island in the Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of Davids' Island, immediately adjacent to Pea Island.
1.4 miNW
Neighbourhood
Residence Park, New Rochelle
36 min walk • Residence Park is a historic community located in the city of New Rochelle, in Westchester County, New York. It is one of the first planned residential parks, and garden city communities, in the United States.

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Which popular attractions are close to Davids Island?

Nearby attractions include Goose Island, New Rochelle (10 min walk), Huckleberry Island, New Rochelle (18 min walk), Glen Island Park, New Rochelle (19 min walk).