Horseshoe Harbor is a
bay
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located on the north shore of
Long Island Sound
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, in the village of
Larchmont
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in
Westchester County
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,
New York
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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.
References
External links
USGS - Geographic Names Information System - Horseshoe HarborNY Hometown Locator - Horseshoe HarborHorseshoe Harbor - map
Bays of New York (state)
Larchmont, New York
Long Island Sound
Bays of Westchester County, New York
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