Leesville Dam

Leesville Dam is a dam in Town of East Haddam, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Leesville Dam is situated nearby to the nature reserve Sunrise State Park, as well as near the hamlet Johnsonville Village.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sunrise State Park and East Haddam Free Public Library.

Sunrise State Park

Nature reserve

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Sunrise State Park is a public recreation area occupying the site of the former Sunrise Resort in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 143 acres on the east shore of Salmon River and shares an entrance with Machimoodus State Park to the south.

East Haddam Free Public Library

Library

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East Haddam Free Public Library is situated 2 miles southeast of Leesville Dam.

Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Landfill

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Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. The power plant was on Connecticut River near the East Haddam Swing Bridge. Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant is situated 2½ miles south of Leesville Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leesville and Johnsonville Village.

Leesville

Hamlet

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Leesville is a village in the town of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, on Connecticut Route 151, north of the town center. It was originally named Lord's Mills after a local vegetable oil watermill, the first in Connecticut.

Johnsonville Village

Hamlet

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Johnsonville Village is an abandoned ghost town in East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. On July 7, 2017, the property was acquired by the Iglesia ni Cristo, a Christian denomination based in the Philippines. Johnsonville Village is situated 1½ miles southeast of Leesville Dam.

Moodus

Village

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Moodus is a village in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. The village is the basis of a census-designated place of the same name. The population of the CDP was 1,982 as of the census of 2020. Moodus is situated 2 miles southeast of Leesville Dam.

Leesville Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Location: Town of East Haddam, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.51667° or 41° 31′ north

Longitude

-72.48284° or 72° 28′ 58″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87H9GG88+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 210873839

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4837671

Wikidata ID

Q31806493

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