Cos Cob

Worth seeing in and around Cos Cob

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Bruce Museum

   The Bruce Museum is an art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut. 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.

   2.6 km · museum in Greenwich, Connecticut · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bowman Observatory

   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.

   1.8 km · astronomical observatory · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Putnam Cemetery

   Putnam Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery located at 35 Parsonage Road in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is affiliated with adjacent Saint Mary's Cemetery at 399 North Street, which is a Catholic cemetery; the two cemeteries share the same office.

   3.2 km · cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bush-Holley House

   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.

   700 m · historic house in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Daycroft School

   The Daycroft School was a co-educational private boarding school founded in 1928. Initially located at a private home in Darien, Connecticut, it relocated to Stamford in 1935, and in 1963, to the neighboring town of Greenwich, Connecticut.

   3.2 km · university-preparatory school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Greenwich Library

   Greenwich Library is the main library in the Greenwich library system of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The Greenwich Library system consists of the Main Library and its Byram Shubert, Perrot, and Cos Cob branches.

   2.6 km · public library in Greenwich, CT · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mianus River Bridge

   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.

   700 m · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Putnam Cottage

   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.

   1.7 km · house in Connecticut, United States of America · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Riverside Avenue Bridge

   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.

   1 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia
10. 10
    United States Post Office

    The United States Post Office is a former post office building at 310 Greenwich Avenue in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut. Built in 1915, it is a good example of Classical Revival architecture, with a distinctive plan predating the Postal Service's standardization of buildings.

    2.5 km · government building in Greenwich, Connecticut · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cos Cob

Airports

LaGuardia (LGA), 37 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 46 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 61 km

Stations

Cos Cob station, 300 m · Greenwich station, 2.4 km · Riverside station, 1 km · Old Greenwich station, 2.7 km · Carmel Academy, 3.1 km

• New York → Cos Cob

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · $4.5–6
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• Newark → Cos Cob

  58 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · $6–8
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• Hartford → Cos Cob

  111 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · $10–14
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