Pickerel Lake Dam

Pickerel Lake Dam is a dam in Town of Colchester, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Pickerel Lake Dam is situated nearby to the village Moodus, as well as near the nature reserve Day Pond State Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Day Pond State Park and East Haddam Free Public Library.

Day Pond State Park

Nature reserve

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Day Pond State Park is a public recreation area covering 180 acres in the town of Colchester, Connecticut. The state park abuts Salmon River State Forest and is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Day Pond State Park is situated 2 miles north of Pickerel Lake Dam.

East Haddam Free Public Library

Library

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East Haddam Free Public Library is situated 2 miles southwest of Pickerel Lake Dam.

Amasa Day House

Building

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The Amasa Day House is a historic house museum at 33 Plains Road in the Moodus village of East Haddam, Connecticut. Built in 1816, it is one of the oldest buildings in the village of Moodus, and a fine example of Federal period architecture. Amasa Day House is situated 2 miles southwest of Pickerel Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moodus and Johnsonville Village.

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 southwest of Pickerel Lake Dam.

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 3 miles southwest of Pickerel Lake Dam.

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. Leesville is situated 3½ miles west of Pickerel Lake Dam.

Pickerel Lake Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Location: Town of Colchester, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.52441° or 41° 31′ 28″ north

Longitude

-72.42061° or 72° 25′ 14″ west

Elevation

427 feet (130 metres)

Open location code

87H9GHFH+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 902456191

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4840604

Wikidata ID

Q31807172

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In Other Languages

“Pickerel Lake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pickerel Lake Dam”

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