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The Pequonnock River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut. Its watershed is located in five communities, with the majority of it located within Monroe, Trumbull, and Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s.
The Pequonnock River, the most significant of Bridgeport's watercourses, is a 16.7 mile waterway that has its headwaters in the town of Monroe and, like all the city's waterways, flows downslope and south toward Long Island Sound. It is dammed above Boston/North Avenues to form Bunnell's Pond.
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The Pequonnock River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut. Its watershed is located in five communities, with the majority of it located within Monroe, Trumbull, and Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s.
Pequonnock River Valley Park / Rails to Trails Miles of hiking trails in a deep valley along a scenic river that was once a water company reservoir. The Trails run from Bridgeport to Newtown, utilizing grants from the State to develop the trails as part of a national program to utilize historic railroad beds as walkways and bicycle paths.
Length: 13.6 miles. Trail end points: Bridgeport Transportation Center on Housatonic Ave/Water St (Bridgeport) and Swamp Rd, 0.1 mile south of Botsford Hill Rd (Monroe-Newtown town line) Trail surfaces: Asphalt, Crushed Stone. Trail category: Rail-Trail. ID: 6015472. Activities: Bike Inline Skating Wheelchair Accessible Walking Cross Country Skiing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Pequannock River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, located in northern New Jersey in the United States. Map of the Passaic/Hackensack watershed. It rises in eastern Sussex County, near Highland Lakes on the north side of Hamburg Mountain.
