Bogus Hill Connecticut Map

About Bogus Hill, Connecticut

Bogus Hill is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 382.3 people per km². Bogus Hill is located at 41.5079°N, 73.4636°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06812.

Bogus Hill rises as a firm, wooded prominence above the deep, still waters of Lake Candlewood, its slopes defined by the jagged geometry of exposed granite and the intricate, interlacing shadows of second-growth timber. It lies 7.8 miles north of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 356°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Bethel. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, untainted by the salt of distant shores, and carries instead the damp, mineral scent of the nearby Housatonic Valley. Below the peak, the land drops away into the quiet, shaded corridors of Squantz Pond State Park, where the forest canopy filters the afternoon light into pale, shifting ribbons of gold. To the west, the subtle trickle of Short Woods Brook carves a persistent, narrow path through the leaf litter, marking the slow, rhythmic erosion of the earth that has long shaped the character of this rugged terrain.

Bogus Hill retains the quiet austerity of a landscape that once supported the modest, labor-intensive legacies of rural New England, where stone walls remain as gray, skeletal reminders of early colonial land-clearing efforts. While the economy has transitioned from the agrarian and industrial rhythms of the past into a more subdued, contemporary existence, the area remains tethered to the natural isolation provided by the dense reaches of Pootatuck State Forest. Daily life moves with an unpretentious gravity, influenced by the seasonal shifts that turn the surrounding hills into a mosaic of russet and ochre. Residents and the occasional traveler find a deliberate stillness here, a quality of silence that persists even as the modern world hums faintly in the distance, far removed from the busier thoroughfares and the distant, marked stretches of the Candlewood Trail.

About This Bogus Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bogus Hill, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.507853, -73.463609. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bogus Hill includes the ZIP code (06812), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (New Fairfield School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.