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Get your pulse rate up on the tremendous whitewater of Tenmile; great water scenery is available at Mercers Pond Dam near Turtle Pond. The warmest time of the year at Turtle Pond arrives with high temperatures in the 80's, and during the night it cools down to the 60's. For the duration of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Turtle Pond. Turtle Pond is a good site of typical rain; May is when you get
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| | the most rain here; February meanwhile is the driest month. Why not camp at Mountain Workshop if you're here at Turtle Pond, and everybody nearby loves skiing at Thunder Ridge. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail offers hiking at its best, and there's some flowing water close by, East Lake Brook is a stream you can stop by while you're here. A great place like Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve near Turtle Pond is too delightful to leave out; you have | |
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to explore Lower Pine Cove when you're here. This lake is so wonderful. A delightful nearby hotel is Ethan Allen Hotel, and don't miss out on a splendid swamp; Mill Plain Swamp is right here at Turtle Pond. This lake is so wonderful.
If you need a place to stay Super 8 Danbury is a fine choice, and why not spend some time golfing at a nearby golf course like Richter Park Municipal Golf Course. Whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then we
recommend East Aspetuck River, and Turtle Pond is not the only spot nearby, Mercers Pond is a nearby lake. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy this spot. A good location to camp here at Turtle Pond is Kettletown State Park. Now,
you may believe that's a load but there's even more exciting stuff to do here at Turtle Pond. You could also stop at Rogers Pond if you're here at Turtle Pond; it's close by, and you'll perhaps meet some folks from Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown here.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 41.40444 Longitude: -73.47917
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Woodbury, Connecticut, 20 miles away 300 vertical feet |
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East Aspetuck River, Litchfield CountyCounty, 11 miles away Class III - 4 miles long (Paper Mill Road to Housatonic River) |
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Tenmile, Litchfield CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class I-III - 4.2 miles long (South Dover NY to Gaylordsville Ct) |
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Norwalk River, Fairfield CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class II - 8 miles long (Bridge in Cannondale to Mouth) |
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Trinity Lake
 | 11 miles away It is a puzzle about fishing or ice fishing ability on that lake. Looks like a hidden top national secret. No one site provides infor about thart lake.... |
Tenmile
 | 13 miles away You may wish to add a map link from the Ten Mile River page to: http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_122.htm... |
Ella Fohs Camp Pond
 | 13 miles away I attended Ella Fohs as a camper and a counselor. The time was early 1950s - 1955...I was at the camp from 1963-1969. It shaped my childhood. My mother was there when she was a kid too. I found her name carved into one of the bunks on the rafters: Sydell Freiman 1949! Shame it's not used anymore for innercity poor kids, like we were. Ellen Knebel...I'm sad to hear that the camp itself is not there any more. I worked there in 69-73...I began working on ''the senior side'' and we livrf in ''the mansion'' for one summer. ...There was a house at the middle of the camp itself where the camp director lived. Is it still there??... |
Ballard Lake
 | 16 miles away 22 Acre lake loaded with Pickerel, Bass, Perch. However, is private property.... |
Lake Waramaug State Park
 | 17 miles away we stayed one night. there is a camp store and concession. lake for swimming and fishing. you can rent a canoe but it was 50 a day.sites are clean but not very private. bathrooms with showers were clean. Very family oriented kids bikes ect. quiet rule was respected by all young and old. we had a wonderful time. small town not far for pizza if needed... |
Dixon Lake
 | 17 miles away ...s ,and every Christmas the people of the surrounding lk. There were none on the east side of the lake at the time. Well we would collect our Christmas trees around fifty or so and dig them into the ice about forty ft apart and make two rows . Then we would all set a time and light em,, and we would skate , fish ,whatever the lines of trees ran from the n.west dock to the east..the clam bakes were held at the other lk..haven just up the stream that ran along my house..After the dam broke from lk haven the water flooded down into our house..What a flood..seems after that we sold the house to a fireman ,,and then our course by accident the house burnt down ,,and I thought fireman were supposed to put out fires not start em .hello to all that still prevail on chestnut ridge. yea I also went to school with Henry Winkler.. And back then we used to trick or treat all the way down to route six..camp sycamore well I still have my green card with the red paper wonder if its still good..the camp was but a lake with a cottage or two..and a cool as heck dirt road..I went to Austin rd elem.my age ... |
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
 | 19 miles away You may wish to add a link from the Appalachian Trail page to:http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_229.htm... |
Hilltop Pond
 | 19 miles away Hilltop Pond is a beautiful private pond. It's owned by the home owner on the top of the hill to the west and other adjoining land owners have pond rights. It's quite shallow, so it will always be in need of constant cleaning. The 42 acre pond is home to loads of wildlife and is the prime souce of water flowing into Macedonia State Park.
An interesting fact: The dam, rebuilt in the early 90's is made up of concrete blocks, each weighing over a ton. Environmental regulations wouldn't allow pouring cement into forms, so the large number of blocks were layed in place, held in place only by their individaul mass.
Jimmy Walker, the mayor of NYC would visit Hilltop Lodge, with his buddies. Hilltop Lodge was located on the west side of Weber Road where the road takes a bend well above about mid point in the length of the pond. The lodge burned to the ground in the 50's. There was no structure on the property from then until 1984, when the home to the north was constructed.... |
Woodbury
 | 20 miles away 5 PHOTOS I love snowboarding here at Woodbury, and they have great tubing too.... |
Mohawk Mountain
 | 25 miles away In 1947, Skiing Hall of Fame member, Walt Schoenknecht, created Mohawk Mountain Ski Area amidst the beauty of the Southern Berkshire Mountain. The following winter he invented snowmaking, which is currently used at winter resorts throughout the world. Mohawk Mountain has remained a family business and a favorite destination for succeeding generations of families.Mohawk Mountain Ski Area is a private corporation working in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection at Mohawk State Park. Mohawk State Forest has cross-country trails for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing at the top of the mountain but are not maintained or connected with the Ski Area. Access is obtained off of Rt. 4 in Cornwall CT.... |
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