Fresh Pond
Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Prior to the Pond's use exclusively as a reservoir, its ice had been harvested by Boston's "Ice King", Frederic Tudor, and others, for shipment to North American cities and to tropical areas around the world.Photo: CaribDigita, Public domain.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: human settlement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fresh Pond (Cambridge, Massachusetts)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Fo Guang Buddhist Temple Boston.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Fo Guang Buddhist Temple Boston
Buddhist temple
The Fo Guang Buddhist Temple of Boston is a branch of the Fo Guang Shan international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist order. It is the first temple that Fo Guang Shan Temple established in Massachusetts.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Huron Village.
Strawberry Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strawberry Hill, also known as Area 13, is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by the town of Belmont on the west, Watertown on the south, Aberdeen Avenue on the east, and Fresh Pond on the north.
Cambridge Highlands
Suburb
Photo: Nickknack00, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge Highlands also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the Belmont town line on the west, and Fresh Pond on the south.
Fresh Pond
- Categories: neighborhood, pond, and body of water
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38416° or 42° 23′ 3″ northLongitude
-71.14894° or 71° 8′ 56″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JC9VM2+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 27394613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4937385Wikidata ID
Q7331959
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