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Candlewood Shores Connecticut Map

Explore Candlewood Shores, Connecticut, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Candlewood Shores, Connecticut

How to Use This Candlewood Shores, Connecticut Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Candlewood Shores, Connecticut. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Connecticut or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Candlewood Shores.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Candlewood Shores
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Fairfield County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.482039
Longitude	-73.442066
Population	665
Density	1111.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06804
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Bridgeport
School District	Brookfield School District

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About Candlewood Shores, Connecticut

Candlewood Shores is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community with a population of 665. The population density is 1111.5 people per km². Candlewood Shores is located at 41.4820°N, 73.4421°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06804.

Candlewood Shores holds a terrain defined by the persistent, cooling presence of Lake Candlewood, which dictates the layout of the land as it rises toward the rugged, shadowed slopes of Sweet Cake Mountain. It lies 6.1 miles north of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 6°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Bethel. The landscape here avoids the drama of high peaks, favoring instead a dense, inland topography where the earth is frequently broken by glacial rock and the encroaching shade of the Pootatuck State Forest. At the edge of the residential grid, the quiet, persistent flow of Mann Brook marks the transition between manicured lawns and the wilder, uneven scrub of the interior. During the late afternoon, the light shifts across the water in long, amber slats, catching the jagged edges of stone walls that snake through the woods, remnants of a time when this soil was cleared for harder, more solitary labor.

Candlewood Shores functions today as a quiet, deliberate expansion of the regional economy, moving away from the industrial echoes that defined the nearby Housatonic Valley toward a life of suburban stillness. Residents often look toward the public space of Brookfield Town Park to anchor their weekends, finding a rhythm that is dictated not by the rapid pace of commerce but by the slow seasonal changes of the inland woods. While the historical weight of the region rests on the old mill towns and the labor of the past, the current character of Candlewood Shores is marked by a preference for privacy and the preservation of its wooded perimeter. Even those who travel toward the distant Candlewood Trail to escape the residential streets find that the land maintains a consistent, heavy silence, a reminder that this part of the world was shaped by internal, terrestrial forces rather than the influence of any external basin.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brookfield Town Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 083° E
Cadigan Field (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 079° E
Hemlock Ridge (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 111° E
Brookfield Crossing (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 108° E
New Fairfield Town Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 285° W
Pootatuck State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 246° SW
Pootatuck State Forest (Old Forest Management Area) (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 288° W
Squantz Pond State Park (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 323° NW
Candlewood Lake Water Access (Lattins Cove) (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 166° S
Margerie Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.6 mi, 221° SW
Brookfield Theatre for the Arts (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 108° E
Lovers Leap State Park Scenic Reserve (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 038° NE
Greek Letter Pi (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 187° S
9-11 Memorial (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 183° S
Charles Ives Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 6.6 mi, 204° SW
The Vietnam War Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 181° S
The Korean War Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 181° S
Bank Street Theatre (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 013° N
New Milford Tank (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 014° N
Gallery 25 (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 014° N
THETREWORKS new milford (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 015° N
Watchtower Educational Center (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 278° W
New Milford Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 013° N
Northrop House (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 336° NW
Made By Hand (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 196° S
Bethel Cinema (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 172° S
Mine Hill National Historic Landmark (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 046° NE
Everwonder Childrens Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 126° SE
Charles Ives cottage site (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 197° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 10.4 mi, 319° NW · 110k acres

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