Fishers Island is an Island located at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound.About 9 miles long and 1 mile wide, it is about 11 miles from the tip of Long Island at Orient Point, 2 miles each from Napatree Point at the southwestern tip of Rhode Island and Groton Long Point in Connecticut, and about 7 miles southeast of New London, Connecticut. It is accessible from New London by plane and regular ferry service.The island is part of the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. It is a census-designated place. As of the 2010 census, there were 236 people living year-round on 4.1 square miles of land; however, the population rises to about 2,000 during peak summer weekends, as throngs disembark on the island from Connecticut.