Short Woods
Short Woods is in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Short Woods is situated nearby to the hamlet Knollcrest, as well as near Bigelow Corners.- Type: Wetland
- Description: swamp in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Address: CT
Places of Interest
Highlights include Squantz Pond State Park and Lake Mauweehoo.
Squantz Pond State Park
Nature reserve
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Squantz Pond State Park is a public recreation area located 10 miles north of Danbury in the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 172 acres on the southwestern shore of 270-acre Squantz Pond, offering opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing, and hiking.
Lake Mauweehoo
Reservoir
Lake Mauweehoo is a 31-acre man-made lake in the town of Sherman, Connecticut. It was created in 1906 to support a community of people who moved to rural Connecticut from New York City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Fairfield and Candlewood Corner.
New Fairfield
Town
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New Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,579 at the 2020 census. New Fairfield is one of five towns that surround Candlewood Lake, the largest lake in Connecticut.
Candlewood Corner
Hamlet
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Candlewood Corner is a small enclave of restaurants and businesses on Route 39 in the town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Candlewood Lake Club
Hamlet
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Candlewood Lake Club is a private residential community and census-designated place in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, and in the town of New Milford, Litchfield County, in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
Short Woods
- Categories: swamp and body of water
- Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.50426° or 41° 30′ 15″ northLongitude
-73.49568° or 73° 29′ 44″ westElevation
1,014 feet (309 metres)Open location code
87H8GG33+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 368389557OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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In Other Languages
“Short Woods” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Short Woods”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Knollcrest and Bigelow Corners.
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Highlights include Pond Mountain and Beaver Bog.
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