Noank Connecticut Map

About Noank, Connecticut

Noank is a locality in New London County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,654. The population density is 418.8 people per km². Noank is located at 41.3375°N, 71.9976°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 6355.

Noank occupies a jagged finger of land that juts into the salt-stung air, defined by the tidal pulse of the coast and the uneven granite bones of the earth. It lies 6.0 miles east-southeast of New London, CT (from New London, CT: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west-southwest of Westerly. The landscape rises toward the modest summit of Pine Hill, while the freshwater currents of Fishtown Brook meander through the quiet brush to eventually meet the brine. Residents find respite in the green openness of Spicer Park, a space that offers a brief pause in the dense arrangement of weathered homes, while the low-lying shape of Sixpenny Island remains a constant, dark silhouette against the shifting light of West Harbor.

Economic life in Noank has long been tethered to the salt and the tide, echoing a history of maritime labor that once filled the air with the scent of pine pitch and drying nets. Where the shadows of colonial saltbox architecture stretch across narrow lanes, the legacy of wooden shipbuilding remains a quiet ghost in the local character. Beyond the immediate shore, the land retreats toward the dark, recessed silence of Dark Hollow, and those seeking the deep quiet of the interior must travel far to reach the distant canopy of Nehantic State Forest or the winding path of the Narragansett Trail. Though the modern pace is measured and deliberate, the evening light still turns the water into hammered silver, reminding any observer that Noank exists as a precarious, beautiful edge between the rugged soil and the infinite, rising tide.

About This Noank Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Noank, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.337502, -71.997557. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Noank includes the ZIP code (6355), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of New London County (New London), and school district assignment (Groton School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.