Round Pond is located in

Ridgefield, Connecticut Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York ...

, USA. Formed by a receding

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, it is public and is in size. The pond drains across the state boundary to the state of

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into the

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, providing an initial flow to

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. Once used as a reservoir for city water for Ridgefield, the spring-fed aqueduct is no longer used for that purpose. The pond gets an average of of precipitation per month, and is at an elevation of above sea level. A fishing ban enacted in the mid-19th century stands today, and the pond is no longer available for fishing.

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Ponds of Connecticut Ridgefield, Connecticut Bodies of water of Fairfield County, Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub