WayfarrowGrassy Hill
Ghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut
Grassy Hill is a ghost town in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut. It is one of 7 former communities in Lower Connecticut River Valley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Grassy Hill as a historical populated place on the Hamburg topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.3962° N, 72.2879° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Hamburg |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 362 ft |
| Nearest living town | Essex Village, CT |
| Distance to it | 6.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1930938 |
| Coordinates | 41.39621, -72.28786 |
What's there now
Grassy Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Essex Village, CT (population 2,722), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 362 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Essex Reef Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 6.1 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 6.6 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 6.6 mi
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 9.1 mi
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 9.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 9.6 mi
- Leffingwellghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 10.7 mi
- Chapmanghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.1 mi
- Johnsonvilleghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.5 mi
- New London Harbor Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 11.7 mi
- New London Ledge Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 12.6 mi
- Avery Point Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 12.9 mi
Questions
Where is Grassy Hill?
Grassy Hill is in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut, at 41.3962, -72.2879.
How many ghost towns are in Lower Connecticut River Valley County?
Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.