Great Pond
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Great Pond is an 8-acre pond near Simsbury, Connecticut, at about 297 feet.
- Blue TrailHiking0.9 mi
- Firetown TrailHiking1 mi
- Firetown RoadRock climbing2.3 mi
- Crown JewelRock climbing2.3 mi
Stratton Brook State ParkState parkPhoto: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.5 mi- Crew BoathouseBoat launch2.9 mi
- Talcott Mountain State ParkState park3.5 mi
- Rainbow Reservoir Boat LaunchBoat launch6.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Tuller ReservoirLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Enos Pond No 2Lake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Lake BasileLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Sumatra PondLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Wadhams PondLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Jones PondLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Sczgiel DamLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Hoyt Hayes SwampLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Great PondLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Cooper PondLake fishing · ~10 min drive
Best time to visit Great Pond
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
35° / 19°
11 wet
Feb
39° / 21°
10 wet
Mar
47° / 28°
11 wet
Apr
60° / 38°
12 wet
May
72° / 48°
12 wet
Jun
80° / 58°
12 wet
Jul
85° / 63°
11 wet
Aug
83° / 62°
10 wet
Sep
76° / 54°
9 wet
Oct
64° / 42°
10 wet
Nov
51° / 33°
10 wet
Dec
41° / 25°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hartford Bradley Intl Ap, CT, 8 mi away at 190 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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