Hardy Pond

Hardy Pond is a 45-acre of adjoining wetlands. It is a popular site for bird sightings, with over 140 species listed. There is a boat launch on the pond, off Princeton Street, contiguous to Lazazzero Park. Gas-powered boats are prohibited.

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Type: Body of water
Description: lake of the United States of America
Also known as: “Hardys Pond”, “Mead Pond”, and “Means Pond”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady’s Academy and Cotting School.

Our Lady’s Academy

School

Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution.

Cotting School

School

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Cotting School is a private, non-profit school for children with special needs located in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1893 as the nation's first school for children with disabilities.

Prospect Hill

Peak

Prospect Hill is a hill in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, and is the third-highest point within 12 miles of downtown Boston. The hill is in Prospect Hill Park on the west side of Waltham, near Route 128.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waltham and Munroe station.

Waltham

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Waltham is a city in the American state of Massachusetts. It is 10 miles west of central Boston on the Charles River, and 3 miles from the city limits to the east.

Munroe station

Neighborhood

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Munroe station was a commuter rail station in the Munroe Hill neighbourhood of Lexington, Massachusetts, serving the Lexington Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Commuter Rail system. The depot was located near Munroe Tavern. Munroe station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hardy Pond.

Lexington

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Lexington is a northwestern suburb of Boston in Massachusetts. The Lexington Green is where the first shot of the American Revolution was fired and the first blood shed, and is known as "the Birthplace of American Liberty".

Hardy Pond

Category: lake
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.40831° or 42° 24′ 30″ north

Longitude

-71.24075° or 71° 14′ 27″ west

Elevation

197 feet (60 metres)

Open location code

87JCCQ55+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 89914975

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

6544608

Wikidata ID

Q7334143

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Hardy Pond” goes by many names.

French: “Hardy Pond”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Windsor Village at Waltham’s Swimming Pool and Stearns Hill.

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