Straits Pond Dam

Straits Pond Dam is a dam in Town of Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Straits Pond Dam is situated nearby to the village North Scituate.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paragon Park Carousel and Cohasset station.

Paragon Park Carousel

Carousel

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The Paragon Park Carousel is a historic carousel at 1 Wharf Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts. Built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, it is one of the state's only surviving four-wide carousels, and is the only surviving element of the Paragon Park amusement park. Paragon Park Carousel is situated 1 mile northwest of Straits Pond Dam.

Cohasset station

Railway station

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Cohasset station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Cohasset, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway west of downtown Cohasset. Cohasset station is situated 1¼ miles south of Straits Pond Dam.

Nantasket Junction station

Railway station

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Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. Nantasket Junction station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Straits Pond Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cohasset and Hingham.

Cohasset

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Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town, which split off from Hingham in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,381.

Hingham

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Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.

North Scituate

Village

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North Scituate is a census-designated place in the town of Scituate in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Scituate had a population of 5,414. It was formerly known as Gannet Corner. North Scituate is situated 4 miles southeast of Straits Pond Dam.

Straits Pond Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Location: Town of Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2601° or 42° 15′ 36″ north

Longitude

-70.84449° or 70° 50′ 40″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87JF7564+26

GeoNames ID

4952229

Wikidata ID

Q49000632

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In Other Languages

“Straits Pond Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Straits Pond Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
Cebuano: “Straits Pond Dam”

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