Bixby Reservoir

Bixby Reservoir is a reservoir in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Bixby Reservoir is situated nearby to the neighborhood Old City, as well as near South Row.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Beginnings United Methodist Church and Townsend Memorial Hall.

New Beginnings United Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Beginnings United Methodist Church is situated 2 miles north of Bixby Reservoir.

Townsend Memorial Hall

Town hall

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Townsend Memorial Hall is a town hall, which is situated 2 miles north of Bixby Reservoir.

Harbor Pond

Reservoir

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Harbor Pond is a reservoir, which is situated 2 miles east of Bixby Reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townsend and Townsend Harbor.

Townsend

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Townsend is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 9,000. Ashby is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 3,000.

Townsend Harbor is a village in Townsend, Massachusetts, containing Harbor Pond dammed from the Squannacook River. At this location Jonas Spaulding and his brother Waldo started a mill in 1873 that made leatherboard. Townsend Harbor is situated 2½ miles east of Bixby Reservoir.

Lunenburg

Town

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Lunenburg is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,782 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Lunenburg is situated 3 miles south of Bixby Reservoir.

Bixby Reservoir

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “Bixbys Reservoir” and “Townsend Reservoir”
Category: reservoir
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.64103° or 42° 38′ 28″ north

Longitude

-71.71802° or 71° 43′ 5″ west

Elevation

367 feet (112 metres)

Open location code

87JCJ7RJ+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 236938540

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

4930639

Wikidata ID

Q49700037

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Bixby Reservoir” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bixby Reservoir”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Old City and South Row.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Large Town Forest and Squannacook River Wildlife Management Area.

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