NHESP Certified Vernal Pool

NHESP Certified Vernal Pool is a pond in Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. NHESP Certified Vernal Pool is situated nearby to the nature reserve Horse Meadows Knoll, as well as near the ruins Cellar Hole.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oak Ridge Observatory and North Cemetery.

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. Oak Ridge Observatory is situated 3,300 feet northwest of NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

North Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

North Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles east of NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

Boxborough Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Boxborough Town Hall is situated 2 miles southeast of NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Boxborough.

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.

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. Boxborough is situated 2 miles southeast of NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

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. Littleton is situated 3½ miles northeast of NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

NHESP Certified Vernal Pool

Type: Pond (intermittent)
Category: body of water
Location: Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.49828° or 42° 29′ 54″ north

Longitude

-71.54985° or 71° 32′ 60″ west

Open location code

87JCFFX2+83

OpenStreetMap ID

way 584887713

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

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