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     There's fine hiking along the Tunxis Trail. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Welles Pond has to offer, you can camp at Camp Eagle Feather. You can take a little tour to Talcott Reservoir Diversion Dike while you're here at Welles Pond, and Newton Brainard Forest is a glorious local forest. This lake is so wonderful. Skiing at Ski Sundown is one of those things you just ought to do; Talcott Reservoir is a glorious lake nearby. Lakes are such  
   calm places, why not stop at Hartford Reservoir Number 6 in the neighborhood of Welles Pond, and paddling on Farmington River is so much fun.
Avon Mountain is pretty and can be spotted from Welles Pond, and dropping by Talcott Mountain State Park is a great thing to do. If you need a site to stay Residence Inn Hartford Avon is a pleasant choice; there are brilliant sites to discover along the Metacomet Trail. So much enjoyable stuff in the vicinity of
 
               Welles Pond, absolutely mind-boggling. Get dripping wet paddling on Farmington River - Collinsville, and golf can be played at Blue Fox Run Golf Course.
This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Avon Old Farms, and swamps like Hart Meadow next to Welles Pond make for magnificent places to have a look at. Very gorgeous scenery and good skiing is what you get at Mount Southington. There's so much to do here at Welles Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Golden Acres Campground is a nice place for that. During the warmest time of the year at Welles Pond highs are usually in the 80's, and throughout the night it cools down to the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's; nighttime lows during the wintertime for Welles Pond tend to be in the 10's.
Welles Pond generally gets a large amount of rain; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. This lake is so wonderful. Yep, outdoors amusing things to do are beyond doubt abundant here at Welles Pond. Don't leave Welles Pond without first going for a hike along the Mattabesset Trail; there are plenty of people from Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford here.

 
Avon Old Farms, Avon
2 miles away

Residence Inn Hartford Avon, Avon
3 miles away
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Local climate location: BURLINGTON 22 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.79083
Longitude: -72.78861

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These outdoors activities are available near Welles Pond.
 Hotels Near Welles Pond:
Avon Old Farms, Avon, 2 miles away
Residence Inn Hartford Avon, Avon, 3 miles away
Homewood Suites by Hilton HartfordFarmington, Farmington, 3 miles away
Simsbury Inn, Simsbury, 4 miles away
The Farmington Inn, Farmington, 4 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Welles Pond:
Camp Eagle Feather, Rocky Hill, 10 miles away
Golden Acres Campground, Hampden County, 12 miles away
Southwick Acres Campground, Southwick, 12 miles away
Sodom Mountain Campground, Southwick, 14 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Welles Pond:
Mount Southington, Connecticut, 14 miles away
      425 vertical feet
Ski Sundown, Connecticut, 15 miles away
      625 vertical feet
Powder Ridge, Connecticut, 15 miles away
      500 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Welles Pond:
Farmington River, Hartford CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class II-III - 1.5 miles long (Route 18 to Highway 187)
Farmington River - Collinsville, Hartford CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class II - 3.5 miles long (Collinsville to Unionville)
Farmington River - Riverton, Litchfield CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class I-III - 11 miles long (Riverton to Satan's Kingdom parking area)
 National Parks Near Welles Pond:
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 53 miles away
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT, 64 miles away
 Trails Near Welles Pond:
Metacomet Trail, Hartford County, 1 miles away
Mattabesset Trail, Middlesex County, 12 miles away
Tunxis Trail, Hartford County, 13 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Welles Pond:
Blue Fox Run Golf Course, Avon, 2 miles away
Buena Vista Golf Course, West Hartford, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Welles Pond:
Talcott Reservoir, Hartford CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Hartford Reservoir Number 6, Hartford CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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