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Connecticut Water Trails
Program
Connecticut
Water Trails
New London County
Voluntown
Beachdale Pond
Site Location:
Voluntown, Connecticut
Basic Information:
Type:
Lake
Water Type:
Fresh
Season:
Site Contact Information:
Site Coordinates:
Longitude
71.857874 ºW
Latitude
41.580486
ºN
Location Map:
USGS Quadrangle: Voluntown
Driving Directions:
From I-395 take Exit 85 and turn onto Route 138 east and drive for 6.5
miles then turn left heading north on Route 49. The boat launch access
is on the right at .7 miles just after you cross the Pachaug River
Bridge.
Directions Map:
Google Map
Boat Launch Information:
Beachdale Pond Boat Launch
ADA Access:
Site Description:
Environment:
Additional Info:
Paddling Beachdale Pond:
USGS Quadrangle:
Voluntown
Type of Water:
Dammed Up Pond
Paddle Length:
46 acres
USGS Real Time Water Data / Gauge:
NA
Portage:
None
Put In:
Beachdale Pond Boat Launch
Google Map
Longitude 71°51'18.95"W Latitude
41°35'3.92"N
Take Out:
Same As The Put-In
On The Water:
This is
a small marshy pond with a lot of aquatic vegetation. The northwestern
section of the pond takes you up to Misery Brook which winds through the
marsh.
You can also paddle a section of the Pachaug River which comes in
from the right hand side in the upper northeastern corner of the pond.
Once you pass Nature's Campsites you enter
Pachaug Great Meadow Swamp as you wind your way upstream
and the waterway narrows.
Cautions:
Site History:
Appropriately the term Pachaug comes from the Native
American word for "bend or river." The
Pequot,
Narragansett, and
Mohegan tribes lived in the area prior to the arrival of
the Europeans.
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