Ellisville, Massachusetts

Ellisville Harbor State Park is a nature preserve and public recreation area located in the village of Ellisville, Massachusetts, United States, on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay. Natural features of the coastal property include a barrier beach, sphagnum bog, salt marsh, rolling meadows, and red pine forest habitats. Scenic features include views of the South Shore coastline, small fishing boats, harbor seals seen offshore during fall and winter, and birds attracted to the park's bog as both habitat and migration stopover. The state park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Savery Pond is a 33-acre (130,000 m2) pond in Ellisville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the Eastland Heights neighborhood, approximately 2,000 feet (610 m) from Route 3A off Old Sandwich Road. Indian Head Campground maintains a beach along the southern shore of the pond.

Ship Pond is an 11-acre (45,000 m2) reservoir in the Vallerville village of Plymouth, Massachusetts located in a narrow area between Route 3A and Cape Cod Bay, south of Surfside Beach, north of Bayside Beach, and east of Morey Hole. The pond is a secondary municipal water supply for the Town of Plymouth.

Vallerville, also called Vallersville, is a village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the smallest village in the town. It is located south of the village of Manomet and north of the village of Ellisville. The neighborhoods of Ocean Aire Beach, Surfside Beach and Bayside Beach are located within Vallerville.

Morey Hole (also known as Morey's Hole), is a 22-acre (89,000 m2) pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, west of Vallerville and Ship Pond, and southwest of Briggs Reservoir. Camp Child, a former summer camp run by the Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts of America from 1925 through 1995, surrounds the pond.

Hedges Pond is a 26-acre (110,000 m2) pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts with access from Hedges Pond Rd. The pond is located more than one mile (1.6 km) north of Cedarville's business district past the Route 3 underpass, southeast of Black Jimmy Pond (Hyles Pond), and east of Little Herring Pond. Hedges Pond has no private residences on its shores. Camp Dennen once occupied the eastern shore of the pond. The 30-acre (12 ha) camp, formerly owned by The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts was acquired by the Town of Plymouth with Community Preservation Act Funds along with 60 acres (24 ha) of land along the western shore of the pond in 2008. After studying the best way to provide recreational uses, the town opened Hedges Pond Recreational Area and Preserve on July 16, 2011, having completed phase 1 which includes a lifeguarded sandy beach, a bathhouse, picnic areas, a small playground and walking trails. There will also be an area for launching small non-motorized boats.Further development is expected to provide tennis, basketball, open fields, extended beaches and picnic areas, and more extensive trails. Rehabilitation of five existing cabins is expected to enable overnight stays to accommodate a revenue-generating eight-week summer day camp. During the weeks that the day camp is in operation the park would only be open to the public on weekends.Hedges Pond was named after an American Indian, Will Hedge, the original owner of the town site.

Black Jimmy Pond, also known as Hyles Pond, is an 11-acre (45,000 m2) pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located northwest of Hedges Pond and northeast of Little Herring Pond. "Black Jimmy" was a resident at the house across the pond. During his residency he killed his wife. He then on the south side of the Pond set up a table and hanged himself. Today many witnesses have seen the ghost of "Black Jimmy's" wife in the Browning Lodge.

Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. It is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay. The community was named for a cedar swamp near the original town site.

Briggs Reservoir is a 28-acre (110,000 m2) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts located in the Manomet section of town south of Shallow Pond, southwest of Manomet Beach, northwest of Vallerville and northeast of Morey Hole. Indian Brook flows through the reservoir. There are two unnamed islands in the reservoir. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants and non-native fish in the reservoir. There is another Briggs Reservoir located within Plymouth's boundaries in Billington Sea village.

South Plymouth is the portion of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States that covers much of the southern section of the town beginning at the Pine Hills, a large, mostly undeveloped forested area south of Plymouth Beach, Chiltonville and South Pond. The remainder of the section is south and east of the northeastern entrance to Myles Standish State Forest, stretching to the Bourne and Wareham town lines. Villages and neighborhoods in South Plymouth are: Rocky Point The Pinehills Buttermilk Bay Manomet Priscilla Beach White Horse Beach Manomet Heights Manomet Bluffs Fishermans Landing Churchill Landing Colony Beach Pilgrim Beach Cedar Bushes Manomet Beach Vallerville Ocean Aire Beach Surfside Beach Bayside Beach Ellisville Harlow's Landing Eastland Heights Cedarville Nameloc Heights Pondville Halfway Pond Long Pond West Wind Shores White Island Shores

Little Herring Pond is a 90-acre (360,000 m2), shallow natural pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. The pond is located north of Great Herring Pond, west of Hedges Pond, southwest of Black Jimmy Pond (Hyles Pond), northeast of Island Pond and Triangle Pond, and east of Long Duck Pond. The pond has an average depth of three feet and a maximum depth of only four feet. The outflow is a stream that feeds Great Herring Pond, which in turn feeds the Herring River. Access to the pond is via a dirt road off Carters Bridge Road.

Bloody Pond is a 98-acre (400,000 m2) natural kettlehole pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, near Long Pond village. The pond is located southeast of Long Pond. This pond, visible from the southbound side of Route 3 past the Ship Pond Road bridge, is fed by groundwater and has over two miles (3 km) of shoreline. The average depth is 17 feet (5.2 m) and the maximum depth is 38 feet (12 m). Legal public access to the pond is obtained through a dirt road off of Long Pond Road and is suitable primarily for shore and wading fishermen as the access point is a long walk from a two-car parking lot in front of a gate. The name "Bloody Pond" commemorates an Indian battle fought there.