Editing Old Saybrook, Connecticut (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 21.6&nbsp;square miles (56.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 6.6&nbsp;sq mi (17.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (30.45%) are covered by water.

===Principal communities===

* [https://www.chalkerbeachimprovementassociation.com/ Chalker Beach]
*[https://www.cornfieldpointassociation.com/ Cornfield Point]
*District of Fencove
*[https://www.boroughoffenwick.com/ Borough of Fenwick]
*District of Fenwood
*[https://www.indiantownassociation.org/ Indian Town]
*[https://www.knollwoodbeachct.com/ Knollwood]
*[[Old Saybrook Center|Old Saybrook Center (includes Saybrook Point)]]
*District of Otter Cove
*[[Saybrook Manor, Connecticut|Saybrook Manor]]
*[[North Cove Historic District|North Cove]]

===Flora===

Coastal Connecticut (including Old Saybrook) is the broad transition zone where  so-called "subtropical indicator" plants and other broadleaf evergreens can successfully be cultivated. Old Saybrook averages about 90 days annually with freeze (temperatures of 32&nbsp;°F/0&nbsp;°C) – about the same as Baltimore, Maryland, or Albuquerque, New Mexico, for example. As such, [[Magnolia grandiflora|southern magnolias]], [[Rhapidophyllum|needle palms]], [[windmill palm]]s, [[Pinus taeda|loblolly pines]], and [[Lagerstroemia indica|crape myrtles]] are grown in private and public gardens.