Lakes West

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lakes West is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northern part of the town on the north side of Ridgebury Mountain and extending north into a valley occupied by Lake Windwing. It is bordered to the east by the Lakes East CDP and to the northwest by Ridgebury.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Lakes West, CT from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in Connecticut

• Mamanasco Lake
  1.6 mi away · pop. 499
• Route 7 Gateway
  2.3 mi away
• West Mountain
  3 mi away
• Topstone
  4.4 mi away
• Georgetown
  7.6 mi away
• Bigelow Corners
  8.9 mi away
• Cannondale
  9.4 mi away
• Candlewood Orchards
  10.1 mi away
• Candlewood Knolls
  10.2 mi away
• Candlewood Shores
  10.6 mi away
• Candlewood Isle
  10.9 mi away
• Candlewood Lake Club
  11.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lakes West

Lands in New-Connecticut

Erie Company. · 1798

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

[Survey of inland waterway between Humboldt Bay and Eel River, California.]

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors · 1909

Roughing It

Mark Twain · 1872

D.A.R. records on mircofilm [sic] available in Salt Lake Genealogical Sodiety [i.e. Society] Library

Ruby Lacy · 1978

Sanborn fire insurance maps

Sanborn Map Company · 1883

Baseline water quality studies of selected lakes and ponds in the Farmington River Basin

Gayle E. Whittaker · 1982

Model programs--childhood education

American Institutes for Research. · 1970

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

white snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Seen 2026-09-24

silverrod

Solidago bicolor

Seen 2026-09-24

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Seen 2026-09-23

Eastern Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Seen 2026-09-23

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-23

Large Tolype Moth

Tolype velleda

Seen 2026-09-23

White-marked Tussock Moth

Orgyia leucostigma

Seen 2026-09-23

pinesap

Monotropa hypopitys

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).