Millers Pond State Park is located off Foothills Road in Durham, Connecticut. The state park consists of 30 acres (12 ha) of pond and 170 acres (69 ha) of woodlands. Here, many residents and guests enjoy leisure activities such as fishing, hiking, mountain biking, and hunting. Miller's Pond gets its source of water from large springs, making great conditions to fish for trout and smallmouth bass.
Millers Pond was acquired in 1955 by the State Park and Forest Commission from the heirs of Thomas Macdonough Russell with monies provided in the trust fund of George Dudley Seymour. Thomas Miller was the person who erected the upper dam in 1704 to make a reservoir for his gristmill that was located further downstream. In succeeding years, the state purchased additional property, completing acquisition of all the land around the pond in 1972. Millers Pond is unique in that its principal source of water comes from large springs which create a body of unpolluted water excellent for smallmouth bass or trout.
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