Mashapaug Pond
Mashapaug Pond is the largest freshwater pond in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Over the past four hundred years, Mashapaug Pond has been a site of indigenous settlement and displacement, deforestation and agriculture, urban and industrial development, remediation and activism.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pond
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Crescent Pond” and “Fresh Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roger Williams Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium.
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Zoo
The Roger Williams Park Zoo of Providence, Rhode Island, contains more than 800 animals in natural settings from a total of 160 species from around the world.
Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Museum
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is a natural history museum and planetarium within Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.
Calvary Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Calvary Baptist Church is an historic church in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1854, the First Baptist Church of South Providence and Fifth Baptist Church merged to form Friendship Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmwood and South Providence.
Elmwood
Neighborhood
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elmwood is a neighborhood in the South Side of Providence, Rhode Island. The triangular region is demarcated by Broad Street, Elmwood Avenue, and Interstate 95.
South Providence
South Providence is in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a largely African-American and Hispanic community and the population of people is very culturally diverse.
Cranston
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cranston is the second largest city in Rhode Island by population with 83,000 residents in 2020. It lies north of Warwick and south of Providence.
Mashapaug Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: Providence County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79445° or 41° 47′ 40″ northLongitude
-71.43258° or 71° 25′ 57″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87HCQHV8+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 865813059OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
5223281Wikidata ID
Q85846577
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