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Hopeville Pond

Site Location: Nowakowski Road, Griswold, Connecticut

Basic Information:

Hopeville Pond, a widened 3-mile section of the Pachaug River, offers very pleasant, relaxing paddling. Its shores include Hopeville Pond State Park, the site of a former waterpower-driven woolen mill

Type: Lake

Water Type: Fresh

Season:

Site Contact Information:

Site Coordinates:

Longitude 71.933465 ºW Latitude 41.608462 ºN

Location Map:

Griswold - Hopeville Pond

USGS Quadrangle: Jewett City

Driving Directions:

Off I-395: take Exit 86

From the North: take a left off the exit.

From the South: take a right off the exit.

Follow Hopeville Road or the park signs until the (Y) intersection. Proceed to the right. The Hopeville Pond State Park entrance is a ½ mile to the right, off Route 201.

Directions Map: Google Map

Boat Launch Information:

Hopeville Pond Boat Launch

ADA Access:

Site Description:

Environment:

Additional Info:

Hopeville Pond - DEP Map

Paddling Hopeville Pond :

USGS Quadrangle: Jewett City

Type of Water: Dammed Up Lake

Paddle Length: 137 acres / 3 miles

USGS Real Time Water Data / Gauge: NA

Portage: None

Put In: Hopeville Pond Boat Launch

Google Map

Longitude 71°55'39.21"W Latitude 41°36'11.76"N

Take Out: Same As The Put-In

On The Water: Hopeville Pond is a 3 mile section of the Pachuag River created and widened by Hopeville Pond Dam. The pond is next to Pachaug State Forest.

The shallow pond winds from the dam at the north to the south end of the pond.

You can paddle upstream at the Pachuag River to Patchaug Pond and Glasgo Pond by portaging over the Hopeville Pond Dam.

Cautions:

Site History:

Hopeville Pond is the site of a former water-powered-driven woolen mill. The government purchased the land in 1930, and the CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps managed in until 1955 when it turned it over to the state.