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    Do stop by Ballard Pond while you're in this part of New York. This lake is so wonderful. There are plenty of people from Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown here at Ballard Pond, and after a long day outdoors Le Chambord is a nice place to spend a night or two. Thunder Ridge has wonderful slopes and a friendly staff, and there's fine hiking along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. High temperatures at Ballard Pond during the summertime months are in the 80's.  
   For the period of the moonlight hours it's commonly in the 60's. For the period of the wintertime highs are frequently in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Ballard Pond.
Old Drovers Inn is a magnificent place to get some rest, and while you're here, you could also have a look at beautiful Harmony Lake. On a pleasant day you can pop by Bear Swamp, a swamp close to Ballard Pond. Ballard Pond gets a typical amount of annual precipitation;
 
               during May this area sees the most rain while February is commonly the driest month.
There's whitewater on Tenmile for all you adrenaline people; a round of golf at nearby Dutcher Golf Course is a pleasant way to kill some time. Get your pulse rate up on the great whitewater of Ten Mile River, and on a pretty day you obtain a magnificent sight of Pawling Mountain from Ballard Pond. You assume that's enough? Just getting warmed up. Camping is available at Sylvan Lake Beach Park, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Ballard Pond; Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a good local trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Sunset Lake is a nearby lake that you could stop at; camping at Clarence Fahnestock State Park is always a wonderful experience.

 
Old Drovers Inn, Dover Plains
9 miles away
Old Drovers Inn, a historic upstate New York bed and breakfast inn, offers the traveler a tranquil and heart-warming experience. It is a well-traveled road that has offered romantic getaways, a night ...

Le Chambord, Hopewell Junction
10 miles away
Upstate New York, most elegant country inn and conference center on ten magnificent acres. Four star restaurant, French cuisine, wine spectator award winning wine list. 25 beautiful rooms with a Europ...

Current weather conditions at Ballard Pond, Dutchess County, New York
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Local climate location: POUGHKEEPSIE FAA AP 11 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.53917
Longitude: -73.6375

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These outdoors activities are available near Ballard Pond.
 Hotels Near Ballard Pond:
Old Drovers Inn, Dover Plains, 9 miles away
Le Chambord, Hopewell Junction, 10 miles away
Hilton Garden Inn Danbury, Danbury, 11 miles away
Danbury Plaza Hotel, Danbury, 11 miles away
Springhill Suites By Marriott Danbury, Danbury, 12 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Ballard Pond:
Clarence Fahnestock State Park, Carmel, 6 miles away
Sylvan Lake Beach Park, Hopewell Junction, 8 miles away
Kettletown State Park, Redding, 10 miles away
Camp Kiwi, Carmel, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Ballard Pond:
Thunder Ridge, New York, 5 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Mohawk Mountain, Connecticut, 27 miles away
      640 vertical feet
Woodbury, Connecticut, 30 miles away
      300 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Ballard Pond:
Tenmile, Litchfield CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class I-III - 4.2 miles long (South Dover NY to Gaylordsville Ct)
Ten Mile River, Dutchess CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class -blank- - 9 miles long (Wassaic to NY line)
Housatonic River, Litchfield CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class IV - 2.6 miles long (Bulls Bridge Dam to Gaylordsville)
 National Parks Near Ballard Pond:
Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn - NY, 57 miles away
Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY, 64 miles away
 Trails Near Ballard Pond:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Litchfield County, 16 miles away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Putnam County, 19 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Ballard Pond:
Dutcher Golf Course, Pawling, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Ballard Pond:
Harmony Lake, Dutchess CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Sunset Lake, Dutchess CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Ballard Lake
22 Acre lake loaded with Pickerel, Bass, Perch. However, is private property....

Sylvan Lake Beach Park
How is the bass fishing?????...

Dixon Lake
... the three story pink house on chestnut ridge rd.back in the late sixties ,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 cottag...

Tenmile
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Secor Lake
13 miles away
Do you have any pictures of camp henry?  My father went there in the 1920's.  The land was sold a while ago and now has a housing development on it....Lillian Wald had a camp on secor lake .Camp Henry.i am fortune enough to have been born on the block where Lillian started the henry street settlement. I am a 49yr who spent 10 summers of my life on lake secor 67-76..Actually I live in the settlement for 3 1/2 yrs. Amazing!...

Canopus Lake
14 miles away
If you are looking for a relaxing walk and wish to enjoy a peaceful serene scene, both Lake Canopus and Pelton Pond have everything you are looking for. We collect a map from the park office and are able to spend a day in nature without having to go far. It is well worth an afternoon with the family....

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
16 miles away
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Hilltop Pond
16 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....

Ella Fohs Camp Pond
17 miles away
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??...(2008) I know the family that owns this beautiful property. A few years ago, I volunteered as a companion (weekly visits over a 2 year period) for his 90 year old mother, Millicent. The owner's name is Kenneth...

Trinity Lake
17 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....

Mohawk Mountain
27 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....

Woodbury
29 miles away
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