Smelt Pond

Smelt Pond is a 44-acre former Girl Scout camp which closed in 1975 and has since become a recreation area, surrounds the pond. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants and non-native fish in the pond.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingston station and Russell Pond.

Railway station
is an MBTA Commuter Rail serving the Plymouth/Kingston Line, located off of Massachusetts Route 3 south of downtown .

Reservoir
is a 14-acre pond in .

North is a 20-acre shallow pond in the West Plymouth section of , east of the Route 80 terminus off Samoset Street. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Smelt Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rocky Nook and Kingston.

Hamlet
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is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood sits on a small peninsula of land on Kingston Bay where the meets the Atlantic Ocean, near . is situated 2 miles northeast of Smelt Pond.

is a small residential town on the of . There are many historical sites that are associated with the original Plymouth Colony within its borders including the home of Governor Bradford and battle sites of King Phillip's War.

Village
is a census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 3,600 at the 2010 census. is situated 2 miles east of Smelt Pond.

Smelt Pond

Latitude
41.96833° or 41° 58′ 6″ north
Longitude
-70.72371° or 70° 43′ 25″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
87HFX79G+8G
Geo­Names ID
10346584
Wiki­data ID
Q7348747
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Highlights include Kingston Collection and Little Smelt Pond.

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