Friendly Acres

Friendly Acres is a residential area in Town of Newington, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Friendly Acres is situated nearby to the government office ConnDOT Training Center, as well as near Mill Brook Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mill Pond Falls and Lucy Robbins Welles Library.

Mill Pond Falls

Waterfall

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Mill Pond Falls is a waterfall located in Newington, Connecticut. It is promoted by residents as the "smallest natural waterfall in the United States". The falls are located inside Mill Pond Park and is celebrated each fall during the Waterfall Festival. Mill Pond Falls is situated 1½ miles northwest of Friendly Acres.

Lucy Robbins Welles Library

Library

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Lucy Robbins Welles Library is situated 1½ miles northwest of Friendly Acres.

Stew Leonard’s

Supermarket

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Stew Leonard's is an American regional chain of eight grocery stores in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, which Ripley's Believe It or Not! deemed "The World's Largest Dairy Store" and Fortune magazine listed as one of the "100 Best Companies to work for" in 2011. Stew Leonard’s is situated 2 miles southwest of Friendly Acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newington and Newington Junction.

Newington

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Newington is a town in central Connecticut, bordering Hartford, the state capital. Although the center of Newington offers several shops, the shopping center of the town is located along the Berlin Turnpike, which has a slew of stores and restaurants.

Newington Junction

Neighborhood

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Newington Junction is a section of the town of Newington, Connecticut, United States. It is centered at the intersection of Willard Avenue and West Hill Road in the northwestern part of the town, in the area generally just south of the Hartford city line. Newington Junction is situated 3 miles northwest of Friendly Acres.

Elm Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Elm Street Historic District encompasses a colonial-era roadway layout and a cross-section of historical residential architecture styles in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Elm Street Historic District is situated 3½ miles east of Friendly Acres.

Friendly Acres

Type: Residential area
Location: Town of Newington, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.67846° or 41° 40′ 43″ north

Longitude

-72.71209° or 72° 42′ 44″ west

Open location code

87H9M7HQ+95

OpenStreetMap ID

way 696540807

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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