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If you come at the right time of year, Roaring Brook River offers some glorious whitewater; a trip to Dinosaur State Park rejuvenates the spirit. A lot of rainfall falls at Hills Pond; throughout the month of May you get the most rain around here; February meanwhile is the driest month. If you're here at Hills Pond and you like golf, you can visit East Hartford Golf Course, and great hiking is available along the Washington Trail. At Hills Pond throughout
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| | the months of summer highs are in the 80's. Through the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 50's. For the period of the wintertime highs are regularly in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Hills Pond are in the 10's. Go for a hike on the Metacomet Trail, and the snow is great at Powder Ridge. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Hills Pond has to offer, you can camp at Nelson's Family Campground; after a long day | |
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outdoors Clarion Suites Inn Manchester is a wonderful spot to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. Why not have a look at Addison Pond Dam while you're here, and there are plenty of folks from Hartford-West Hartford-East
Hartford here at Hills Pond. There's so much to do here at Hills Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Camp Eagle Feather is a perfect place for that; dry warm beds await you at Hilton Garden Inn Hartford South/Glastonbury.
This lake is so wonderful. At Hills Pond you can spot Bush Hill, and do stop by Buckland Pond, it's a delightful lake. If only every place had this much outdoors fun stuff, what a great planet it would be. A lovely lake like Caiglo
Pond in the vicinity of Hills Pond is a fine spot to explore, and hey, Folly Brook is a glorious local stream. And if that's not enough, there's a lot more to do close to Hills Pond. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but
if it's for you then we recommend Farmington River, and going for a hike on the Mattabesset Trail is always a great adventure.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 41.74083 Longitude: -72.57639
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| These outdoors activities are available near Hills Pond. |
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Roaring Brook River, Hartford CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17) |
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Farmington River, Hartford CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class II-III - 1.5 miles long (Route 18 to Highway 187) |
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Salmon River, Tolland CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class II - 4.6 miles long (Old Route 2 to covered bridge at Highway 16) |
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Risley Reservoir
 | 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.... |
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... |
Andover Lake
 | 14 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.... |
Powder Ridge
 | 15 miles away Powder Ridge is closed for season due to pending sale.... |
Metacomet Trail
 | 15 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.... |
Mattabesset Trail
 | 18 miles away You may wish to link from the Mattabesett Trail page to:http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_157.htm... |
Bass Pond
 | 19 miles away The Springfield Paddle Club is a private swimming club with a beach on Bass Club. The entrance is from South Branch Parkway. We have a lovely beach and a floating dock about 20 yards from shore. Consider joining us for wonderful swimming all summer long.... |
Mount Southington
 | 25 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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