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     Head up to Powder Ridge and strap some skis to your feet, and perfect water scenery is available at Hidden Lake Dam right next door to Fricks Pond. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Fricks Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Riverdale Camp Sites is a good place for that, and the sight of Goose Hill is charming. You just should have a thing about Fricks Pond. If the weather is great here at Fricks Pond, you can go for a hike along  
   the Mattabesset Trail, and you're sure to encounter some great folks from Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford here.
Yep, outdoors exciting things to do are really bountiful here at Fricks Pond. Lakes are such calm spots, why not pop by Hidden Lake in close proximity to Fricks Pond, and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Hammonasset River. Dry warm beds await you at Madison Beach Hotel, and Fricks Pond is near
 
               Chatfield Hollow State Park which is a picturesque place. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors A Victorian Village Inn is a great location to spend a night or two; get your heart beating on the wonderful whitewater of Salmon River.
You'll need more than a day to discover everything Fricks Pond has to offer, you can camp at Little City Campground, and there is a perfect hiking trail nearby called the West Woods Trail. For the period of the warmest time of the year at Fricks Pond highs are typically in the 80's, and the night is a little colder of course, generally in the 50's. Daytime highs throughout the wintertime are in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Fricks Pond. Fricks Pond gets a lot of water; most of the rain falls all through May; February is the month with the least moisture.
A pretty lake like Hackney Pond in the vicinity of Fricks Pond is a magnificent site to pop by, and on a good day you can take a hike along the Washington Trail.

 
A Victorian Village Inn, Clinton
7 miles away
We are a very special and unique 2-acre coastal Village of Cottage-Villas near the beach! You have your very own Theme cottage for your Vacation or Relocation on the Connecticut Shoreline, with Alice ...

Madison Beach Hotel, Madison
8 miles away
There's a small hotel and it's nestled along a curve of the Connecticut coastline where Long Island Sound is its widest and the view seems to stretch to infinity. The Hotel dates back to 1800, when it...

Current weather conditions at Fricks Pond, Middlesex County, Connecticut
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Local climate location: BURLINGTON 3 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.41389
Longitude: -72.56444

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These outdoors activities are available near Fricks Pond.
 Hotels Near Fricks Pond:
A Victorian Village Inn, Clinton, 7 miles away
Madison Beach Hotel, Madison, 8 miles away
Passport Inn and Suites Middletown, Middletown, 9 miles away
Tower Inn and Suites, Guilford, 9 miles away
Comfort Inn Guilford, Guilford, 9 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Fricks Pond:
Little City Campground, Higganum, 3 miles away
Riverdale Camp Sites, Clinton, 6 miles away
River Road Campground, Clinton, 6 miles away
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, 7 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Fricks Pond:
Powder Ridge, Connecticut, 12 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Mount Southington, Connecticut, 26 miles away
      425 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Fricks Pond:
Hammonasset River, Middlesex/ New Haven CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class I-II - 2 miles long (Summer Hill Road to Green Hill Road)
Salmon River, Tolland CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class II - 4.6 miles long (Old Route 2 to covered bridge at Highway 16)
Roaring Brook River, Hartford CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17)
 National Parks Near Fricks Pond:
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 40 miles away
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT, 54 miles away
 Trails Near Fricks Pond:
Mattabesset Trail, New Haven County, 10 miles away
Washington Trail, Middlesex County, 12 miles away
West Woods Trail, New Haven County, 14 miles away
 Lakes Near Fricks Pond:
Hidden Lake, Middlesex CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Hackney Pond, Middlesex CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Hammonasset River
You may wish to add the following link from the Hammonassett River page:http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_116.htm...

Mattabesset Trail
10 miles away
You may wish to link from the Mattabesett Trail page to:http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_157.htm...

Powder Ridge
11 miles away
Powder Ridge is closed for season due to pending sale....

Salmon River
12 miles away
THe fishermen aren't nice here, especially in the Fly fishing area, we caught a lot of heck from them last year. MAde the trip no fun, I won't return. Try the Farmington instead....it's just bigger withmore room for everyone....You may wish to add the following link from the Salmon River page:http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_117.htm...

Mount Southington
26 miles away
Night and day we are the one. Mt. Southington is Connecticut's convenient location for both skiing and snowboarding for all ages and for all ability-levels. Novice trails that gently glide down sloping hillsides as well as down-hill runs that challenge and excite are just some features of this popular ski area....

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