Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program Connecticut Water Trails Middlesex County Durham Millers Pond
Site Location:
Basic Information:
Miller's Pond is a scenic, quiet lake without a boat launch or beach.
Water Type: Fresh Season: Site Contact Information:
Longitude 72.63147600000001 ºW Latitude 41.477225 ºN
Location Map:
USGS Quadrangle: Durham
Driving Directions: Boat Launch Information:
Site Description: Environment:
Additional Info:
Longitude 72.380 ºW Latitude 41.2835 ºN
Millers Pond State Park is located off of
Foothills Road in
Durham, Connecticut. This State Park consists of 30 acres (12 ha) of
pond and 170 acres (69 ha) of woodlands. Here many residents and guests
enjoy leisure activities such as fishing, hiking, and hunting. Miller’s
Pond gets its source of water from large springs making great conditions
to fish for trout and smallmouth bass. Thomas Miller was the person who
erected the upper dam in 1704 to make a reservoir for his gristmilll
that was located further downstream. The pond was originally purchased
by the state in 1955 from the heirs of Thomas Masdonough Russell.
The original dam at the pond was erected some time before 1704. Thomas
Miller built the upper dam to provide a reservoir to serve his gristmill
further downstream. Millers Pond was acquired in 1955 by the State Park and Forest Commission from the heirs of Thomas Macdonough Russell with monies provided in the trust fund of George Dudley Seymour. At that time the park consisted of 30 acres of pond and 170 acres of wooded land in the towns of Durham and Haddam. In succeeding years the state purchased additional property, completing acquisition of all the land around the pond in 1972.
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