Little Spectacle Pond

Little Spectacle Pond is a pond in Worcester, Massachusetts. Little Spectacle Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shaker Village, as well as near the hamlet Ponakin Mill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center and Shirley Shaker Cemetery.

Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center

Prison

Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a supermax security prison in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is situated 2 miles east of Little Spectacle Pond.

Shirley Shaker Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shirley Shaker Cemetery is situated 2 miles east of Little Spectacle Pond.

United Church of Shirley

Church

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United Church of Shirley is situated 2½ miles northeast of Little Spectacle Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shirley and Leominster.

Shirley

Photo: Bob Burkhardt, CC BY 3.0.

Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775.

Leominster

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Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Worcester County, with a population of 44,209 at the 2024 census estimate.

Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north. Still River is situated 4 miles southeast of Little Spectacle Pond.

Little Spectacle Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.51626° or 42° 30′ 59″ north

Longitude

-71.68848° or 71° 41′ 19″ west

Elevation

348 feet (106 metres)

Open location code

87JCG886+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 236938420

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

4942281

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