Black Pond

Black Pond is a nature reserve in Worcester, Massachusetts. Black Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Harvard Shaker Village Historic District, as well as near the town Littleton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oak Ridge Observatory and Littleton/Route 495 station.

Oak Ridge Observatory

Building

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. It was operated by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as a facility of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1933 until August 19, 2005.

Littleton/Route 495 station

Railway stop

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Littleton/Route 495 station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Littleton, Massachusetts. It serves the Fitchburg Line. The station is located at the intersection of Grimes Lane and Foster Street near Route 2 and I-495 and serves as a park-and-ride station for both highways.

North Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Littleton.

Harvard

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Harvard is a town of 6,900 people in North County. It has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands.

Littleton

Town

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775.

Boxborough

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Acton is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 24,000 in the 2020 census. Boxborough is a town with a population of about 6,000. Maynard is a town with a population of 11,000. Stow is a town with a population of 7,000.

Black Pond

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.5229° or 42° 31′ 23″ north

Longitude

-71.5356° or 71° 32′ 8″ west

Open location code

87JCGFF7+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29777180

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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