Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Connecticut

Dobsonville Pond

Dobsonville Pond from directly overhead

Dobsonville Pond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 163 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tillinghart Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
163 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
State of Connecticut
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.82468, -72.48503
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.2 mi
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 1.6 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 1.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 60
  • filled-in well: 2.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 8.7 mi
  • Car Wreck: 9.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.3 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Major John Mason Statue: 8.1 mi
  • dog memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 56
  • sensory garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 0.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Dobsonville Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 18°322 m12.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 22°315 m10.0 mi
Paulk HillNE 53°294 m6.4 mi
Whifford HillENE 68°291 m12.5 mi
Kendall HillNE 43°290 m9.1 mi
Grant HillE 96°284 m5.1 mi
Sugar HillNE 51°282 m7.6 mi
Reed HillENE 71°275 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82691960

More nature reserves in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Dobsonville Pond.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens