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Lakes East Connecticut Map

Explore Lakes East, 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 Lakes East, Connecticut

How to Use This Lakes East, Connecticut Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lakes East, 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 Lakes East.

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	Lakes East
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Fairfield County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.3314
Longitude	-73.4911
Population	1,299
Density	553.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06877
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Bridgeport
School District	Ridgefield School District

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About Lakes East, Connecticut

Lakes East is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,299. The population density is 553.0 people per km². Lakes East is located at 41.3314°N, 73.4911°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06877.

Lakes East occupies a landscape defined by the modest, persistent elevation of Barlow Mountain, which anchors the horizon and shapes the descent toward the lower, wetter reaches of the terrain. It lies 4.8 miles south-southwest of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 204°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-northeast of Lewisboro. The land here holds a quiet density, where the earth is broken by the Town Open Space (watersedge Lane) 2 Parcels, creating a verdant buffer that keeps the modern pace at a distance. Moisture gathers in the low-lying hollows, feeding the steady, narrow progress of Ridgefield Brook as it carves through the bedrock, while the still waters of Little Pond reflect the changing light of the afternoon with a clarity that renders the trees above it twice as tall. Here, the air carries a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of any maritime influence, settling instead into the cool, damp fragrance of moss and cooling stone as the sun dips behind the rise.

Lakes East maintains a character forged by a long history of inland industry and the slow, deliberate work of clearing fields that once required the heavy labor of moving glacial debris into the dry-stone walls still visible in the woods. The local economy persists in a state of quiet refinement, moving away from the old mills that once relied on the flow of regional streams toward a professional landscape that values privacy and the preservation of its wooded borders. Residents move through their days with a steady, unadorned focus, their lives punctuated by the seasonal maintenance of property and the preservation of the open spaces that define the town's perimeter. Even as the modern world encroaches, the identity of Lakes East remains tethered to these specific, interior geographies, finding its continuity in the sight of the brook moving over smooth stones and the long, thin shadows that stretch across the meadows at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Scenic Reserve (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 273° W
Wooster Mountain State Park Scenic Reserve (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 037° NE
Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels) (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 181° S
Hemlock Hills (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 006° N
Pine Mountain (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 019° N
Kiah'S Brook Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 247° SW
Charles Ives cottage site (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 350° N
Ridgefield Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 184° S
Kelda Property (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.7 mi, 093° E
Settlers Rock (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 193° S
Eureka Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 3.0 mi, 059° NE
The Battle Of Ridgefield (Registered Battlefield) — 3.1 mi, 187° S
Workshop Theatre Barn (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 177° S
Ridgefield Playhouse (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 181° S
Colabella Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 186° S
Ridgefield Guild of Artists (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 177° S
Made By Hand (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 008° N
Charles Ives Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 4.4 mi, 358° N
The Korean War Monument (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 033° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 034° NE
Bethel Cinema (Cinema) — 4.7 mi, 051° NE
Hammond Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 270° W
Old stone wall (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 219° SW
P.T. Barnum (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 056° NE
Reflecting Pool Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 203° SW
Redding Historical Society (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 104° E
Woodcock Nature Center (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 171° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 18.5 mi, 344° N · 110k acres

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