Great Hill Pond, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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     While you're here at Great Hill Pond you can take a hike along the Washington Trail, and you can run the rapids of Roaring Brook River. Have a tremendous hiking adventure along the Mattabesset Trail, and Powder Ridge is a nice local ski area. For the period of the summertime months at Great Hill Pond highs are frequently in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures drop down into the 50's. Throughout the winter this place gets highs in the 30's, and through  
   the dark hours in the wintertime at Great Hill Pond temperatures descend to the 10's. Great Hill Pond is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Nelson's Family Campground is a nice local campground, and let's not forget Great Hill Pond Brook which is a stream that you may stumble upon while you're here.
On a brilliant day at Great Hill Pond you can take a hike along the Mattabesset Trail; camping at Markham Meadows Campgrounds is always a wonderful experience.
 
               Great Hill Pond gets a large amount of water; the month with most of the rain is May; February meanwhile is the driest month. After a long day outdoors Passport Inn and Suites Middletown is a splendid site to spend a night or two.
This place, Great Hill Pond, it definitely has so much outdoors enjoyable stuff. Inn At Middletown is a magnificent place to get some rest, and this is a popular location for folks from Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. This lake is so wonderful. Enjoy a round of golf at Quarry Ridge Golf Course not far from Great Hill Pond, and Salmon River is a perfect whitewater spot close by. You're almost certainly interested in lakes, Kelseys Pond is one of those close by, and a visit to Hurd State Park is a great idea.
But wait, there's more to do near Great Hill Pond. This is a brilliant area for folks who like lakes. Keighley Pond is a lake close at hand, and you don’t have to go far from Great Hill Pond to observe the water at Great Hill Pond Dam. This lake is so wonderful. A pleasant sight of beautiful Collins Hill is available from Great Hill Pond; Paper Rock is not far at all.

 
Inn At Middletown, Middletown
6 miles away

Passport Inn and Suites Middletown, Middletown
7 miles away
Only Five Minutes from Wesleyan University, near Powder Ridge Ski area, Middlesex Hospital, shopping and restaurants. All spacious guest rooms offer Refrigerators, Microwaves and Free Wireless Interne...

Current weather conditions at Great Hill Pond, Middlesex County, Connecticut
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Local climate location: BURLINGTON 5 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.57667
Longitude: -72.56472

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These outdoors activities are available near Great Hill Pond.
 Hotels Near Great Hill Pond:
Inn At Middletown, Middletown, 6 miles away
Passport Inn and Suites Middletown, Middletown, 7 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill, 8 miles away
Hampton Inn Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill, 8 miles away
Super 8 Hartford South - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill, 8 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Great Hill Pond:
Nelson's Family Campground, East Hampton, 4 miles away
Markham Meadows Campgrounds, East Hampton, 7 miles away
Little City Campground, Higganum, 7 miles away
Camp Eagle Feather, Rocky Hill, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Great Hill Pond:
Powder Ridge, Connecticut, 11 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Mount Southington, Connecticut, 25 miles away
      425 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Great Hill Pond:
Roaring Brook River, Hartford CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17)
Salmon River, Tolland CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class II - 4.6 miles long (Old Route 2 to covered bridge at Highway 16)
Hammonasset River, Middlesex/ New Haven CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-II - 2 miles long (Summer Hill Road to Green Hill Road)
 National Parks Near Great Hill Pond:
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 47 miles away
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT, 51 miles away
 Trails Near Great Hill Pond:
Mattabesset Trail, Middlesex County, 12 miles away
Washington Trail, Middlesex County, 13 miles away
Mattabesset Trail, New Haven County, 13 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Great Hill Pond:
Quarry Ridge Golf Course, Portland, 2 miles away
Portland Golf Course, Portland, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Great Hill Pond:
Kelseys Pond, Middlesex CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Keighley Pond, Middlesex CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Salmon River
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...

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

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

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

Risley Reservoir
13 miles away
This is a nice little lake for fishing. Use minnows and you'll catch a lot of pickerel and bass. Worms bring in copious amounts of bluegill. It's a C/R lake....

Andover Lake
16 miles away
Great bass fishing. Clear water and no motors allowed. I remember skin diving in the 70's when I was around 10 and being able to see twenty thirty feet....

Metacomet Trail
19 miles away
I finally located the trail entrance about 20 feet past a dirt road gate on the right that I had been using to get to the ridge line.  Thanks for the help!...Gene, The trailhead at 315 and 189 is actually on Mountain Road which comes off the Rd right at the juncture.  The telphone poles are blazed and the trail breaks into the woods about halfway up on the right side of the road.  That is a nice section of trail although we hiked it in the rain.  Happy Trails....I am having difficulty locating the trail head in East Granby at rtes. 315 and 189 that leads to south toward Penwood State Park.  The trail maps say that the trail head is on Mountain Road, but there are no blue/yellow blazed trail markers on either of the two entry points into the woods.  The only indication of the trail is the sign post at the bottom of the road in the three way intersection.  Thanks....

Mount Southington
24 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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