Turtle Pond

Turtle Pond is a nature reserve 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.

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.

Holy Cross High School

School

Holy Cross High School is a Catholic secondary school founded in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1968 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is one of the largest Catholic secondary schools in Connecticut, situated on thirty-seven acres in the West End of Waterbury, Connecticut, accessible via Route 8 and I-84.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterbury and Middlebury.

Waterbury

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waterbury is a small city in Connecticut that calls itself Brass City because its industrial base was built on metal industries, including silver, but particularly brass.

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.

Naugatuck

Town

Photo: Bill Hass, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town, part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, had a population of 31,519 as of the 2020 census.

Turtle Pond

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.5275° or 41° 31′ 39″ north

Longitude

-73.1145° or 73° 6′ 52″ west

Operator

Middlebury Land Trust

Open location code

87H8GVHP+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43440653

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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