Turtle Pond

Turtle Pond is in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Turtle Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Middlebury Center Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Westview Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quassy Amusement Park and Lake Quassapaug.

Quassy Amusement Park

Theme park

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Quassy Amusement Park is an amusement and waterpark in Middlebury, Connecticut, and is one of only 11 trolley parks still operating in the United States. Quassy Amusement Park is situated 2 miles west of Turtle Pond.

Lake Quassapaug

Reservoir

Lake Quassapaug is a 296-acre lake located in Middlebury, Connecticut. It is home to Quassy Amusement Park. The lake also hosts six private outing clubs, including the Lake Quassapaug Outing Club and the Quassapaug Sailing Center. Lake Quassapaug is situated 2 miles west of Turtle Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Middlebury Center Historic District and Middlebury.

Middlebury Center Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Middlebury Center Historic District encompasses the historic civic and religious center of Middlebury, Connecticut. Centered at the Junction of North and South Streets with Whittemore Road CT 188, the District includes churches, schools and municipal buildings, many from the late 19th or early 20th centuries, as well as a diversity of residential architecture.

Middlebury

Town

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Middlebury is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,574 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

Town Plot Hill

Hamlet

Town Plot is a neighborhood in the west end of the city of Waterbury, Connecticut. Town Plot Hill is situated 3½ miles east of Turtle Pond.

Turtle Pond

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “Griswold Pond”
Location: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.52762° or 41° 31′ 39″ north

Longitude

-73.1144° or 73° 6′ 52″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Open location code

87H8GVHP+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1134253856

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

4844538

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