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If you need a location to stay Hampton Inn HartfordAirport CT is a wonderful choice, and swing by Rainbow Brook it's a tremendous location to stop by. This lake is so wonderful. Here at Rainbow Pond you'll almost certainly meet some folks from Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford; Farmington River has a delightful whitewater paddling spot nearby. Rainbow Pond sees pretty high levels of precipitation; most of the rain falls through May while January is ordinarily
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| | the driest month. There are other spots here than Rainbow Pond, for example Spring Dam Pond, and whitewater paddling is brilliant on Little River.
Good hiking is available along the Link Trail, and Penwood State Park is a brilliant place to check out. Really great skiing awaits you at Powder Ridge. There's so much to do here at Rainbow Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Golden Acres Campground is a fine spot for that, and Silver Birch Pond is a glorious | |
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lake nearby.
This lake is so wonderful. Don't leave Rainbow Pond without first going for a hike along the County Road Trail, and why not spend some time golfing at a close by golf course like Airways Golf Course & Country Club.
Life's too short to enjoy all the amusing things next to Rainbow Pond. The top of Lighthouse Hill is easily spotted from Rainbow Pond, and there are brilliant spots to discover along the Metacomet Trail. Rainbow Pond Dam is worth
checking out since you're here, and you could always discover Hathaway Hollow.
During the warm days of summer at Rainbow Pond highs are usually in the 80's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The winter comes
with highs in the 30's with temperatures at Rainbow Pond dipping down into the 0's through winter nights. You assume that's enough? Just getting warmed up. Dry warm beds await you at Sheraton Bradley Airport Hotel, and Rainbow Pond is perfect enough to spend more than a day at, Southwick Acres Campground is a perfect local campground.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.915
Longitude: -72.69333
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Blandford, Massachusetts, 21 miles away
465 vertical feet |
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Ski Sundown, Connecticut, 22 miles away
625 vertical feet |
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Farmington River, Hartford CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Class II-III - 1.5 miles long (Route 18 to Highway 187) |
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Little River, Hampden CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class III-IV - 3.2 miles long (Dam below Cobble Mountain Reservoir to Northwest Road) |
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Roaring Brook River, Hartford CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17) |
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