Walker Pond

Walker Pond is a recreation area in Worcester, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Walker Pond is situated nearby to the nature reserve Wells State Park, as well as near Plimpton Community Forest.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wells State Park and Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary.

Wells State Park

Nature reserve

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Wells State Park is a public recreation area located off Route 49 in the town of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The state park includes frontage on Walker Pond and the scenic metamorphic rock cliff face of Carpenter Rocks.

Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary

Nature reserve

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Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary is an 86-acre non-profit nature reserve in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States. It is free and open to the public year-round, offering a series of walking trails and an educational visitor's center. Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary is situated 2½ miles east of Walker Pond.

Plimpton Community Forest

Nature reserve

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Plimpton Community Forest is a nature reserve, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Walker Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sturbridge and Fiskdale.

Sturbridge

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Sturbridge is a charming New England town of almost 10,000 people in southern Central Massachusetts approximately 60 miles west of Boston. Sturbridge is probably most famous for the Old Sturbridge Village living history museum.

Fiskdale

Suburb

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Fiskdale is a census-designated place in the town of Sturbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fiskdale had a population of 2,797. Fiskdale is situated 3½ miles southwest of Walker Pond.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Walker Pond

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Recreation area
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.13586° or 42° 8′ 9″ north

Longitude

-72.05317° or 72° 3′ 11″ west

Open location code

87J94WPW+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29701569

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=recreation_ground

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