Round Pond

Round Pond is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. Formed by a receding glacier, it is public and is 32 acres in size. The pond drains across the state boundary to the state of New York into the Cross River Reservoir, providing an initial flow to New York City.

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Also known as: “Round Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prospector Theater and Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve.

Prospector Theater

Movie theater

Photo: Brianegge, CC0.

Prospector Theater is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Round Pond.

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Pepper, Public domain.

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve is a public recreation area covering 305 acres in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. The state park offers opportunities for hiking, fishing, and boating. Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve is situated 2½ miles northeast of Round Pond.

South Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: TENoyes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a historic home located at South Salem, Westchester County, New York. The cemetery was established in the 18th century, perhaps as early as 1710. South Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery is situated 2½ miles southwest of Round Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waccabuc and South Salem.

Waccabuc

Village

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Waccabuc is a hamlet and lake in the town of Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York, United States. Waccabuc is considered "New York's Secret Suburb" and is home to a "collection of privacy-loving C.E.O.s and bright stars in other firmaments," according to an Upstart Business Journal article about the tremendous number of notable residents in a hamlet of just a few hundred people. Waccabuc is situated 2 miles west of Round Pond.

South Salem

Village

South Salem is a hamlet in the Town of Lewisboro, Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York. Part of the New York metropolitan area, the town center has a post office, town hall, library, and recycling center. South Salem is situated 2½ miles southwest of Round Pond.

Ridgefield

Photo: Brianegge, CC0.

Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the New York state border, Ridgefield had a population of 25,033 as of the 2020 census.

Round Pond

Category: lake
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30364° or 41° 18′ 13″ north

Longitude

-73.53675° or 73° 32′ 12″ west

Elevation

778 feet (237 metres)

Open location code

87H88F37+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 127329749

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

4841755

Wikidata ID

Q7371112

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Round Pond” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Round Pond”
Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره روند پوند”

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