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According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Island Pond has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.The hottest temperature recorded in Island Pond was 91 °F (32.8 °C) on July 20, 1991; June 17, 1994, July 22, 1994; June 20, 1995; August 10, 2001; July 4 and September 10, 2002; June 25 and 27, 2003; July 8, 2010; July 5, 2018; and May 28, 2020 ...
Brighton State Park is a state park in Island Pond, Vermont. [1] The park features a campground on the 102-acre Spectacle Pond, which is mostly undeveloped. [2] There is also a day use beach and bathhouse located on 600-acre Island Pond [3] just a half mile from the campground.
The Island Pond Historic District encompasses a portion of the village of Island Pond in the town of Brighton, Vermont. The village was established in the 19th century as the halfway point in the Grand Trunk Railway, an international railroad connecting Portland, Maine and Montreal. Island Pond was a major service center for the railroad, and ...
Island Pond began to lose its significance as a major railroad town towards the end of the 1950s due to the elimination of steam locomotives. Around 1960 passenger service to Portland ended, and three years later, diesel locomotive repairs ceased. In 1966 the roundhouse was closed, and the staff working in Island Pond was reduced.
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Island Pond is a 179-acre (0.72 km 2) [1] water body located in Cheshire County in southwestern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Stoddard.It is fed primarily by the outflow from Highland Lake, and its outlet is a tributary of the North Branch Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.
The pond is named for Governor's Island, a 231-acre (90 ha) island that lies within it. The island in turn is named for Benning Wentworth, colonial governor of New Hampshire, who built a summer residence on the north end of the island called Birch Farm. A smaller island is named after the Native American chief Escumbuit. [4]
John H. Boylan State Airport (FAA LID: 5B1) is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Island Pond, in Essex County, Vermont, United States. [1]