Ford’s Folly

Ford’s Folly is a dam in Town of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Ford’s Folly is situated nearby to the nature reserve Nobscot Reservation, as well as near Bostwick Pond.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doeskin Hill and Nobscot Hill.

Doeskin Hill

Peak

Doeskin Hill is a 492-foot hill in Framingham, Massachusetts. The hill is located west of Nobscot Hill near the border with Sudbury, Massachusetts. The hill is mentioned in the Massachusetts colonial records by at least 1658, and the name Doeskin originated…

Nobscot Hill

Peak

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Nobscot Hill is a USGS name for a high point in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with many public hiking trails, and it is located in Framingham and Sudbury.

Martha Mary Chapel

Place of worship

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The Martha Mary Chapel, also written as the Martha–Mary Chapel, is a non-denominational church within the Wayside Inn Historic District in Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States. Martha Mary Chapel is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Ford’s Folly.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sudbury and Saxonville.

Sudbury

Town

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Wayland, a town in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, is a residential suburb of 14,000, with mostly families as residents. Sudbury is a town with a population of 19,000 in the 2020 census. Sudbury is situated 3 miles northeast of Ford’s Folly.

Saxonville

Village

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Saxonville is a village located in northern Framingham, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The village was originally settled by John Stone in 1647. Saxonville was named after the Saxon Factory Company, a textile mill in the village. Saxonville is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ford’s Folly.

Southborough

Town

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The Boroughs are a collection of three towns in the Worcester County region of Central Massachusetts in the United States of America. The area is home to around 45,000 people. Southborough is situated 4½ miles southwest of Ford’s Folly.

Ford’s Folly

Type: Dam
Description: failed dam in Sudbury, Massachusetts constructed by Henry Ford
Location: Town of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35418° or 42° 21′ 15″ north

Longitude

-71.46019° or 71° 27′ 37″ west

Open location code

87JC9G3Q+MW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 203029517

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

Wikidata ID

Q123507538

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