Curlew Pond

Plymouth County, Massachusetts geography stubsPonds of MassachusettsPonds of Plymouth, Massachusetts

Curlew Pond is a 43-acre (170,000 m2) natural warm water pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in the Myles Standish State Forest. Called "Clear Pond" and then "Clew Pond" in the 19th century, the pond is located north of Rocky Pond and south of Kings Pond. The average depth is 11 feet (3.4 m) and the maximum depth is 31 feet (9.4 m). The source for this pond is groundwater, and there is no outlet. Access to the pond, suitable for car top boats and canoes, is at the northern shore. There are two beaches located on both sides to the boat access. About half of the pond is surrounded by the Curlew Pond public camping area of the Myles Standish State Forest, although a number of privately leased cottages ring the northeastern shore of the pond. The southern section is adjacent to the privately owned Blueberry Hill Camping Area.The pond was in the vicinity of a large forest fire in 1902 which burned thousands of acres of forest.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Curlew Pond (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Curlew Pond
Rocky Pond Road, Plymouth

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude	Longitude
N 41.890277777778 °	E -70.695833333333 °

placeShow on map

Address

Rocky Pond Road 571
02345 Plymouth
Massachusetts, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Nearby Places

Rocky Pond

Rocky Pond is an 18-acre (73,000 m2) pond in the Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Curlew Pond. There is another Rocky Pond, which is better known as Big Rocky Pond, within Plymouth's borders in the West Wind Shores neighborhood.

Powder Horn Pond

Powder Horn Pond is a lake in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.Powder Horn Pond has an outline in the shape of a powderhorn, hence the name.

Federal Pond

Federal Pond is a 129-acre (0.52 km2) pond in Carver and Plymouth, Massachusetts. A small portion of the northeastern shore of the pond is in the Myles Standish State Forest. The pond is located southwest of Rocky Pond and Curlew Pond, and northeast of Dunham Pond. Two unnamed islands lie in the middle of the pond. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants and non-native fish species. The only road leading to the pond, Old Federal Road in Carver, is a private road. As such, the pond is officially off limits to the public, although a high tension line right of way crosses the northern tip of the pond and is frequented by sport fishermen.

Kings Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Kings Pond is a 21-acre (85,000 m2) pond in the West Plymouth section of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Little West Pond, Micajah Pond and Micajah Heights, and north of Curlew Pond. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants.

Micajah Heights, Massachusetts

Micajah Heights is a neighborhood in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, in the West Plymouth section of the town, southwest of Billington Sea. The neighborhood surrounds Micajah Pond.

Great South Pond

Great South Pond is a 292-acre (1.2 km2) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in South Pond village. The pond is within the Eel River watershed, located southeast of Little South Pond, west of South Triangle Pond, and north of Boot Pond. The pond serves as a secondary municipal water supply for the Town of Plymouth.

Micajah Pond (Massachusetts)

Micajah Pond is a 20-acre (81,000 m2) pond located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Micajah Heights neighborhood surrounds the southeastern portion of the pond and Little Micajah Pond. The maximum depth is 26 feet (7.9 m). Shenandoah Estates borders the northern portion of the pond known as the lily pond and wraps around the pond bordered by Goldfinch Lane. Boat access is on the southeastern shore of the pond.

Little South Pond

Little South Pond is a 62-acre (250,000 m2) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is within the Eel River watershed, located west of South Pond village, northwest of Great South Pond, and south of Billington Sea. The pond serves as the primary municipal water supply for the Town of Plymouth.

Little West Pond

Little West Pond is a 25-acre (100,000 m2) pond in the West Plymouth section of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located northeast of, and is connected by a stream to, Big West Pond, west of Micajah Pond and Micajah Heights, and north of Kings Pond.

Boot Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Boot Pond is a 76-acre (310,000 m2) pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts within the Eel River watershed. The pond is located west of South Pond village, northwest of Gunners Exchange Pond and Hoyts Pond, and north of Myles Standish State Forest. The pond is a secondary municipal water supply for the Town of Plymouth. Boot Pond was so named on account of its boot-shaped outline.

Briggs Reservoir (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Briggs Reservoir is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts located in Billington Sea village south of that pond. The reservoir suffers from shoreline erosion and the water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants in the reservoir. There is another Briggs Reservoir located within Plymouth's boundaries in the Manomet section of town.

Myles Standish State Forest

Myles Standish State Forest is a state forest located in the towns of Plymouth and Carver in southeastern Massachusetts, approximately 45 miles (70 km) south of Boston. It is the largest publicly owned recreation area in this part of Massachusetts and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).