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     Hit the slopes at Powder Ridge nearby, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Washington Trail. For you golfers we recommend nearby Guilford Lakes Golf Course; there's great hiking along the Mattabesset Trail. If you get bored of Shelley Lakes, you could also go to nearby Dream Lake, and naturally, everyone loves Chatfield Hollow State Park. If you need a spot to stay Comfort Inn Guilford is a nice choice, and the West Woods Trail offers hiking at its best.
 
   And that's not all you can do here at Shelley Lakes. Visit Dowd Hollow Brook if you're here at Shelley Lakes; on a lovely day you acquire a great panorama of Cranberry Hill from Shelley Lakes. A pleasant spree to Podunk Great Plain is a glorious way to spend an afternoon, and a journey to Foster Hole is always a magnificent idea. You'll meet a lot of people from New Haven-Milford here.
This lake is so wonderful. You can run the rapids of Hammonasset River
 
               near Shelley Lakes, and a swamp like Cedar Swamp near Shelley Lakes has lots of exciting things to see. Shelley Lakes is a wet place that gets a great deal of rainfall; May is when you get the most rain here, and February is when it's the driest. This lake is so wonderful. On a delightful day you can check out Circle Beach close to Shelley Lakes; dry warm beds await you at Tower Inn and Suites.
This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Shelley Lakes that you need to camp here for a while, Hammonasset Beach State Park is a good place for that, and Roaring Brook River is a fine whitewater spot nearby. Shelley Lakes is not the only spot close by, Upper Guilford Lake is a close by lake, and Shelley Lakes is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Riverdale Camp Sites is a fine local campground. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 80's to Shelley Lakes. When the night sets in temperatures descend down into the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Shelley Lakes.
You just can't envision the amount of outdoors enjoyable things the area right next door to Shelley Lakes has to offer. The scenery at Guilford Lakes Upper Dam in close proximity to Shelley Lakes is delightful; time spent at Jacobs Public Beach is always perfect.

 
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Current weather conditions at Shelley Lakes, New Haven County, Connecticut
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Local climate location: BURLINGTON 9 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.35472
Longitude: -72.66778

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These outdoors activities are available near Shelley Lakes.
 Beaches Near Shelley Lakes:
Jacobs Public Beach, New Haven County, 5 miles away
Circle Beach, New Haven County, 5 miles away
 Hotels Near Shelley Lakes:
Tower Inn and Suites, Guilford, 4 miles away
Comfort Inn Guilford, Guilford, 4 miles away
Madison Beach Hotel, Madison, 6 miles away
Rodeway Inn Branford, Branford, 7 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn-Branford, Branford, 7 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Shelley Lakes:
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, 5 miles away
Riverdale Camp Sites, Clinton, 6 miles away
Little City Campground, Higganum, 7 miles away
River Road Campground, Clinton, 7 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Shelley Lakes:
Powder Ridge, Connecticut, 9 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Mount Southington, Connecticut, 21 miles away
      425 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Shelley Lakes:
Hammonasset River, Middlesex/ New Haven CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class I-II - 2 miles long (Summer Hill Road to Green Hill Road)
Roaring Brook River, Hartford CountyCounty, 17 miles away
      Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17)
Salmon River, Tolland CountyCounty, 20 miles away
      Class II - 4.6 miles long (Old Route 2 to covered bridge at Highway 16)
 National Parks Near Shelley Lakes:
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 34 miles away
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT, 62 miles away
 Trails Near Shelley Lakes:
Mattabesset Trail, New Haven County, 5 miles away
West Woods Trail, New Haven County, 6 miles away
Washington Trail, Middlesex County, 7 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Shelley Lakes:
Guilford Lakes Golf Course, Guilford, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Shelley Lakes:
Dream Lake, New Haven CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Upper Guilford Lake, New Haven CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Hammonasset River
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Mattabesset Trail
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Powder Ridge
Powder Ridge is closed for season due to pending sale....

Graniss Pond
13 miles away
I live in Novato, CA and I didn't know there was a pond named after my family. I wonder if it really was....

Lake Whitney
16 miles away
No you can't and it's posted as such.  The area is patrolled regularly by the RWA Police, DEP and local police....Can you fish @ lake whitney? Thank you....

Salmon River
19 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
21 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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