Fodder’s Folly

Fodder’s Folly is a nature reserve in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Fodder’s Folly is situated nearby to the neighborhood Middlebury Center Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Bradleyville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waterbury–Oxford Airport and Quassy Amusement Park.

Waterbury–Oxford Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: DVA7475, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waterbury–Oxford Airport, also known as Oxford Airport, is a public airport located three miles north of the central business district of Oxford, a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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.

Laurel Park Incorporated

Landfill

The Laurel Park, Inc. site, also known as Hunters Mountain Dump, or Murtha's Dump to locals, is a capped landfill that occupies approximately 20 acres of a 35-acre parcel of land in Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naugatuck and Middlebury.

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.

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.

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.

Fodder’s Folly

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Larkin Pond”
Category: recreation area
Location: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.5007° or 41° 30′ 3″ north

Longitude

-73.1114° or 73° 6′ 41″ west

Operator

Middlebury Land Trust

Open location code

87H8GV2Q+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43440670

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

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