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Bumps Pond is a lake in Plymouth County, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Bumps Pond was named after an early settler with the surname Bump or Bumpus.

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).

New Long Pond is a 23-acre (93,000 m2) pond in the Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located northeast of East Head Reservoir and southwest of College Pond and Three Cornered Pond. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants.

Fearing Pond, also erroneously named on some maps as Fearings Pond (pronounced to rhyme with bearing), is a 24-acre (97,000 m2) natural kettlehole pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The average depth is ten feet and the maximum depth is 20 feet (6.1 m). It is located in the southern section of Myles Standish State Forest, north of Charge Pond, northwest of Abner Pond, west of Fawn Pond, south of College Pond, southeast of East Head Reservoir, and east of the forest headquarters. However there is no direct access as the bridge over the Wankinco River connecting Cranberry Road in Carver and Fearing Pond Road in Plymouth was washed out several years ago. The bridge has not been rebuilt. Camp Cachalot and Camp Squanto are nearby. The pond is fed by groundwater. A public beach is located on the southeast side of the pond and on the northern side of the pond is where boating access is available. Summer cottages and campsites line the perimeter of the pond. The pond is usually stocked by MassWildlife

College Pond is a 53-acre (210,000 m2) natural kettlehole pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in the Myles Standish State Forest northeast of East Head Reservoir, Three Cornered Pond, New Long Pond and Barrett Pond, and north of Fearing Pond. There is a swimming beach and picnic area along the north shore of the pond. College Pond may be named after a series, or collection, of nearby ponds.

East Head Reservoir, also known as East Head Pond, is a 92-acre (370,000 m2) pond in Carver and Plymouth, Massachusetts, within the Myles Standish State Forest, located northeast of the forest headquarters, east of Barrett Pond, southwest of New Long Pond and College Pond, and northwest of Fearing Pond. The reservoir is the headwaters to the Wankinco River.

Abner Pond is a 10-acre (40,000 m2) pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located east of the boundary of Myles Standish State Forest within Camp Cachalot, southeast of Fearing Pond, northeast of Charge Pond, north of Little Long Pond, northwest of Five Mile Pond, and west of Fawn Pond.

Barrett Pond is a 16-acre (65,000 m2), warm water pond in the Myles Standish State Forest in Carver, Massachusetts, located less than ½ mile north of the forest headquarters, west of East Head Reservoir, and southwest of College Pond in Plymouth. The pond has an average depth of six feet and a maximum depth of 17 feet (5.2 m). Most of the shoreline is undeveloped except for a campground area on the eastern shore. Access is possible off Lower College Pond Road and is suitable only for car top boats or canoes, electric motors only.

Fawn Pond is a 33-acre (13 ha) pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Halfway Pond, northwest of Deer Pond, north of White Island Pond, northeast of Five Mile Pond, and east of Fearing Pond and Abner Pond, outside the eastern boundary of Myles Standish State Forest. The outflow is a stream that flows into the Agawam River.

Charge Pond is a 23-acre (93,000 m2) warm water lake in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The lake has an average depth of 6 feet (1.8 m) and a maximum depth of 17 feet (5.2 m). It is located within a camping area in the southernmost section of Myles Standish State Forest, south of Fearing Pond, southwest of Abner Pond, and northwest of Little Long Pond. The lake is fed by groundwater and is the headwaters to Harlow Brook.

Five Mile Pond is a 29-acre (120,000 m2) pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located northeast of Little Long Pond, southeast of Abner Pond, southwest of Fawn Pond, east of Charge Pond and east of Southeast Line Road, a fire road that marks the southeastern boundary of Myles Standish State Forest. The maximum depth of the pond is 21 feet (6.4 m). Access to the pond is via Fearing Pond, but it is not open to the public. Instead, it is used by Camp Cachalot, whose right-of-way to the pond is on its eastern shore.

Halfway Pond a 232-acre (0.94 km2) warm water pond located in Plymouth, Massachusetts between Myles Standish State Forest and Long Pond, west of Round Pond, southwest of Gallows Pond, and north of Fawn Pond and White Island Pond. The average depth is nine feet and the maximum depth is 13 feet (4.0 m). The pond is fed by groundwater springs and drains into the Agawam River. Halfway Pond Island lies in the middle of the pond and is managed as a research natural area by The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts. There are almost three miles (5 km) of shoreline.Access here is informal and can be located off of Mast Road, a portion of which abuts the western shoreline of the pond. Parking is limited to just two or three cars and boaters will have to stick with canoes and other car top craft. Substantial amounts of shoreline are open to fishing.