Fresh Pond

Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in , 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.
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  • 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 Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

Cemetery
, located in and , 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.

Hospital
is a community hospital with a patient capacity of about 200 beds in . Its main campus is located at 330 Mount Auburn St, in the neighborhood of West Cambridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Huron Village.

Neighborhood
, also known as Area 13, is a neighborhood in . It is bounded by the town of on the west, on the south, Aberdeen Avenue on the east, and Fresh Pond on the north.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the town line on the west, and Fresh Pond on the south.

Fresh Pond

Latitude
42.38416° or 42° 23′ 3″ north
Longitude
-71.14894° or 71° 8′ 56″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87JC9VM2+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27394613
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
4937385
Wiki­data ID
Q7331959
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