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Halfway Pond (Massachusetts)

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Type
  
Pond

Primary outflows
  
Agawam River

Surface area
  
232 acres (94 ha)

Area
  
94 ha

Outflow location
  
Agawam River

Settlement
  
Halfway Pond Road

Primary inflows
  
Long Pond

Basin countries
  
United States

Average depth
  
9 ft (2.7 m)

Mean depth
  
2.74 m

Inflow source
  
Long Pond

Similar
  
Glen Charlie Pond, Big Sandy Pond, Wildlands Trust - Inc, Myles Standish State For, Massasoit National Wildlife R

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 the outflow of Long Pond 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.

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Map of Halfway Pond, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA

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.

Halfway Pond villageEdit

Halfway Pond, a small village of Plymouth, is located on the southwestern shore of Halfway Pond 41°50′32″N 70°37′13″W.

References

Halfway Pond (Massachusetts) Wikipedia