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Simsbury

Farmington River

 

 

Site Location:   Winthrop Street, Simsbury, Connecticut

Basic Information:

Type: River

Water Type: Fresh

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Site Contact Information:

Site Coordinates:

Longitude 72.772978ºW  Latitude 41.917522ºN

Location Map:

USGS Quadrangle: Tarriffville and Avon

Driving Directions:

From the South, get on route 10 anywhere you find convenient (including interstate 84) and go north through Avon center to the Weatogue section of Simsbury and turn right onto route 185. Almost immediately cross a bridge and turn right to the put-in. There is a large Sycamore tree at the end of the bridge.

From West Hartford / Bloomfield area, get onto route 185 (Simsbury Road) and proceed over Talcott Mountain to Weatogue's "Silver Bridge" with the large Sycamore tree to the right and the put-in just to the left of the bridge.

Directions Map: Google Map

Boat Launch Information:

There is a put-in on the Farmington River at Weatogue "Silver Bridge" on route 185, it's just a couple hundred yards east of the intersection with routes 10 & 202 (College Highway). 

River Road, Simsbury, CT (Drake Hill Road)

River Road, Simsbury, CT (Route 315)

Tariffville Park, Main Street, Simsbury, CT (Experts Only)

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Farmington River Paddling Trail

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