page_title: Aspetuck River
hierarchical_section_title: Aspetuck River
caption_attribution_description: Aspetuck Valley Trail. Blue-Blazed CFPA foot path in Connecticut Centennial Watershed State Forest which connects to Huntington State Park at the northern terminus and which follows the Aspetuck River from Newtown, CT through Redding and Easton, CT. Aspetuck River - Spring stream with rapids along southern Aspetuck Valley Trail after it leaves Poverty Hollow Road road walk (near end of trail). Blue-Blazed CFPA foot path in Connecticut Centennial Watershed State Forest which connects to Huntington State Park at the northern terminus and which follows the Aspetuck River from Newtown, CT through Redding and Easton, CT.
context_page_description: The Aspetuck River is a 17.0-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river rises in the hills located in Huntington State Park in Bethel, with a watershed of approximately 430 acres. The river flows generally southerly through Redding, Connecticut to the Aspetuck Reservoir, the Hemlock Reservoir in Easton and Fairfield and finally into the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut and then into the Long Island Sound. It flows through the village of Aspetuck at an average depth of 2.5 feet. The word Aspetuck can be translated as "river originating at the high place" in an Algonquian language.
context_section_description: The Aspetuck River is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km) river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river rises in the hills located in Huntington State Park in Bethel, with a watershed of approximately 430 acres (170 ha). The river flows generally southerly through Redding, Connecticut to the Aspetuck Reservoir, the Hemlock Reservoir in Easton and Fairfield and finally into the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut and then into the Long Island Sound. It flows through the village of Aspetuck at an average depth of 2.5 feet (0.76 m). The word Aspetuck can be translated as "river originating at the high place" in an Algonquian language.
caption: A stretch of the river in Redding.
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