The Race is a passage between Fishers Island and Little Gull Island, New York, forming the principal eastern entrance to Long Island Sound from Block Island Sound. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 2.56 ft (0.78 m) at the New London, CT reference station.
- Type
- Passage
- Location
- New York, United States
- Setting
- Between Fishers Island and Little Gull Island, New York, forming the principal eastern entrance to Long Island Sound from Block Island Sound
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 2.56 ft (0.78 m) at the New London, CT reference station.
- Notable
- Race Rock Lighthouse, built on a submerged ledge in 1879, took eight years to construct and is one of the most renowned engineering feats in US lighthouse history (US Coast Guard).
