US lakes & pondsUS lakes & pondsBranford, Connecticut — South Central Connecticut Planning Region.
Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 122159551).
The red circle marks Lidyhites Pond.
Towns and planning regions: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.
Official CT DEEP pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.
No public access sites are listed for this water in the CT DEEP boat launches data.
Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 122159551), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: CT DEEP boat launches. Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.
OpenStreetMap shows about 0.3 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 40 m (130 ft) of the Lidyhites Pond shoreline, mostly along the south shore. They follow about 50% of the shore, so you can walk most of the way around but not a full loop.
The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.
Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 40 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.
Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (41.3136, -72.8217). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Lidyhites Pond. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.
Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.
Reported on or near Lidyhites Pond
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database
USGS records matched to this water by location (within about 150 m of the outline) or by the place name in the record. A record shows a sighting was reported; it doesn't prove the species is still there. As of Oct 10, 2026.
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