Pond Meadow
Pond Meadow is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Bald Hill stands 167 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Comstock Park, a park 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Essex Land Trust
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Comstock Park: 0.1 mi
- Park Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Plattwood Park: 1.9 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
- Viney Hill Brook Park: 2.5 mi
- Comstock Pond/Stream: 0.4 mi
- Bushy Hill Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Platt Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Johnson Farm Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Essex Land Trust: 0.6 mi
- Mares Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.3 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.6 mi
- Toby Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 2.1 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 1.0 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 2.4 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 3.5 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.7 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 1.7 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 3.7 mi
- Westbrook: 3.7 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 3.7 mi
- Clinton Police Department Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 4.2 mi
- Middle Beach: 4.2 mi
- Stannard Beach: 4.3 mi
- Chapman Beach: 4.6 mi
- West Beach: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Cascade: 7.0 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.3 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 8.5 mi
- Stone Table: 0.9 mi
- Historic Ferry: 5.6 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.6 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 7.5 mi
- tri-town marker: 10.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 6.3 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.5 mi
- James Madison: 8.9 mi
- snake: 12.5 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 13.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.3 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 6.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Powder House: 17.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 17.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.9 mi
- Old Spring: 24.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 7.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Pond Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | N 11° | 167 m | 8.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 338° | 154 m | 7.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 334° | 140 m | 7.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 334° | 138 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 47° | 136 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNW 338° | 128 m | 4.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 288° | 126 m | 3.8 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | ENE 58° | 123 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1211302846
Day trips start here
- Essex · 3 mi
- Old Saybrook · 5 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 11 mi
- Waterford · 16 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
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