Turtle Pond
Turtle Pond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Miriam's Camp Tract, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Middlebury Land Trust
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miriam's Camp Tract: 0.2 mi
- Bronson Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Gilbert Tract: 0.7 mi
- Fenn's Pond: 0.7 mi
- Woods Hill: 0.8 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 0.4 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 3.9 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 4.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 5.3 mi
- Bedlam Hill: 0.7 mi
- Great Hill: 1.2 mi
- Breakneck Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sandy Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lewis Hill: 1.9 mi
- Ledgewood Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Meadowview Park: 1.3 mi
- Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Medicinal Garden: 2.7 mi
- Teaching Garden: 2.7 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 1.5 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 4.0 mi
- Fountain: 4.0 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.0 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Waterfront: 8.2 mi
- Boating Side: 8.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 9.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.6 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Poet's Circle: 2.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.6 mi
- Biblical Garden: 2.6 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Millstone: 5.5 mi
- Millstone: 5.6 mi
- Rock House: 7.8 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 9.1 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 9.2 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 4.0 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 4.0 mi
- Maori Head: 4.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 4.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 8.1 mi
- Ravens Roost: 14.4 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
- Pond View: 15.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Turtle Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | WNW 288° | 292 m | 1.2 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | WNW 287° | 282 m | 3.0 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SSE 158° | 275 m | 3.3 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | S 191° | 273 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bucks Hill | NE 40° | 268 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hoop Pole Hill | WNW 290° | 264 m | 7.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 94° | 263 m | 6.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ESE 104° | 260 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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