Hancock Pond, New Haven County, Connecticut

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     You'll need more than a day to explore everything Hancock Pond has to offer, you can camp at Black Rock State Park, and Mount Southington is a great local ski area. Whohoo, so many amusing things in one place! Hancock Pond is peerless! Stay the night at Gentile's Camp Ground; Hancock Pond is not the only place close by, Rifle Range Pond is a close by lake. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Hancock Pond; Mattatuck Trail is a brilliant local trail, and if you  
   come at the right time of year, Bantam River offers some great whitewater. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 70's to Hancock Pond. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 50's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 20's; winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Hancock Pond.
Black Rock State Park is a magnificent site to stretch your legs a bit; after a long day outdoors Holiday Inn Express WATERBURY is a nice location
 
               to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. The scenery at Hancock Brook Dam near Hancock Pond is delightful, and you get a perfect view of Bucks Hill from here. Lots of folks from New Haven-Milford come to Hancock Pond, and there's brilliant hiking along the Naugatuck Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Getting to Chase Brook from Hancock Pond is painless, and a great close by hotel is Courtyard Waterbury Downtown. All the outdoors amusing things right next door to Hancock Pond will keep you coming back persistently. Everybody close by loves skiing at Woodbury; get yourself into a kayak and hit Farmington River - Collinsville. This lake is so wonderful.
A swamp like Buck Meadow near Hancock Pond has lots of interesting things to see, and don't leave Hancock Pond without first going for a hike along the Mattatuck Trail. A lake nearby is Lake Wequapauset, and a golf course close by is Pequabuck Golf Club of Bristol. Hancock Pond mostly gets a lot of rainfall; of all the months in a year June is the one with the most rain, and February on the other hand is the driest.

 
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2 miles away
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Local climate location: NORFOLK 5 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.59389
Longitude: -73.04778

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These outdoors activities are available near Hancock Pond.
 Hotels Near Hancock Pond:
Courtyard Waterbury Downtown, Waterbury, 2 miles away
Holiday Inn Express WATERBURY, Waterbury, 2 miles away
Hampton Inn Waterbury, Waterbury, 3 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Waterbury, Waterbury, 5 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites/Wolcott, Wolcott, 6 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Hancock Pond:
Gentile's Camp Ground, Plymouth, 4 miles away
Black Rock State Park, Litchfield, 4 miles away
Branchbrook Campground, Thomaston, 4 miles away
Burr Pond State Park, Torrington, 13 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Hancock Pond:
Mount Southington, Connecticut, 8 miles away
      425 vertical feet
Woodbury, Connecticut, 11 miles away
      300 vertical feet
Ski Sundown, Connecticut, 14 miles away
      625 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Hancock Pond:
Farmington River - Collinsville, Hartford CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class II - 3.5 miles long (Collinsville to Unionville)
Bantam River, Litchfield CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class I-II - 5.4 miles long (Stoddard Road to Shepaug River)
Farmington River - Riverton, Litchfield CountyCounty, 17 miles away
      Class I-III - 11 miles long (Riverton to Satan's Kingdom parking area)
 National Parks Near Hancock Pond:
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 43 miles away
 Trails Near Hancock Pond:
Mattatuck Trail, New Haven County, 4 miles away
Naugatuck Trail, New Haven County, 7 miles away
Mattatuck Trail, Litchfield County, 7 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Hancock Pond:
Pequabuck Golf Club of Bristol, Pequabuck, 6 miles away
 Lakes Near Hancock Pond:
Lake Wequapauset, New Haven CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Rifle Range Pond, New Haven CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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