Explore Lakeside Woods, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lakeside Woods, 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 Lakeside Woods.
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 | Lakeside Woods |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Fairfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.554808 |
| Longitude | -73.484017 |
| Population | 309 |
| Density | 205.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06784 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Bridgeport |
| School District | Sherman School District |
Lakeside Woods holds a quiet gravity, defined by the expansive, ink-colored reach of Lake Candlewood that anchors the western horizon. It lies 12.0 miles north of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 351°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-northeast of Patterson. The topography rises steadily from the water’s edge, moving through broken, shadowed terrain where the ascent of Briggs Hill creates a sudden, vertical interruption in the otherwise rhythmic woodland. Granite boulders, remnants of a glacial indifference, sit half-buried in the damp earth, while the thin, silver ribbon of Tollgate Brook carves a persistent path through the undergrowth, its steady movement providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the stillness of the trees. During the late afternoon, the light filters through the dense canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating the dust motes that hang suspended in the cooling air before the shadows lengthen across the forest floor.
Lakeside Woods maintains a character forged in the silence of interior landscapes, far removed from the bustle of the wider world. The local economy has shifted from the agrarian labor of previous centuries toward a modern, measured pace, yet the remnants of an older, industrious era linger in the crumbling stone walls that crisscross the woods, marking boundaries long since abandoned by the plow. Residents find their recreation in the quietude of Sherman Town Park, which serves as a natural gateway for those seeking to traverse the Candlewood Trail or venture toward the deeper, more secluded timber of Pootatuck State Forest. In the autumn, the air takes on a crisp, metallic edge, carrying the scent of drying leaves and woodsmoke from the distant, scattered residences, signaling a slow withdrawal into the long, gray months of the New England winter.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeside Woods, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.554808, -73.484017. 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 Lakeside Woods includes the ZIP code (06784), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Sherman School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |