Horseshoe Harbor (Long Island Sound)

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Horseshoe Harbor
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Horseshoe Harbor
Location Larchmont, New York
Coordinates 40°55′01″N73°44′50″W / 40.9170436°N 73.7471°W / 40.9170436; -73.7471 Coordinates: 40°55′01″N73°44′50″W / 40.9170436°N 73.7471°W / 40.9170436; -73.7471
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Horseshoe Harbor is a bay located on the north shore of Long Island Sound, in the village of Larchmont in Westchester County, New York. [1] This small cove lies just westward of Larchmont Harbor and is used as a launch anchorage for small recreational boats. The deeper water in the entrance favors the eastern side, and the northwest side of the cove is bare at low tide. A rock, bare at low water and marked by a private spindle with can, lies 60 yards off the south side of the point on the west side at the entrance.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Horseshoe Harbor". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.