Pond & River Information

Ponds Access Information

Quick Reference Guide to 10-Plus Acre Publicly Accessible Ponds (PDF)

Pond Maps

See an interactive database showing information about virtually every recognized body of water in Plymouth!

Excel File List of Ponds (XLSX) - Coincides with database in interactive map.

Bathymetric Maps

Download available bathymetric maps (PDF).

Maps dating from the 1970's through 2020 have been compiled into one document. Several color bathymetric maps were released by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife in January of 2020 and are the most accurate contour measurement map produced to date. These ponds' older counterpart maps have been retained in the document as well.

Plymouth Ponds & Lakes Stewardship Project & Pond Monitoring Program

In 2014 the Town of Plymouth Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs received $38,854 in grant funding from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. This funding enables the Town and Project Partner UMASS Dartmouth - School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) to commence the Plymouth Ponds and Lakes Stewardship Program (PALS) and Pond Atlas for water quality analysis and reporting in 39 ponds throughout Plymouth. See additional information (PDF). In 2015 the following ponds are slated to be sampled and added to the Atlas: Little Sandy Pond, Lout Pond, Cooks Pond, Great Island Pond, Honeypot Lake, Island Pond (near Great Herring), Triangle Pond.

Are you interested in volunteering? Please email Kim Tower. Volunteers may download field data sheets (PDF) for collection of temperature, dissolved oxygen and secchi disk.

Quality Assurance Project Plan

2023-2026 - Download the Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF).

2020 - Download the Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF).

Results

• 2014 Sampling The Plymouth Ponds and Lakes Stewardship Atlas June 2015 is now available - June 2015 PALS Atlas (PDF).
• 2015 Sampling - Plymouth Ponds and Lakes Stewardship Atlas Update 1, May 2016 is now available - May 2016 PALS Update (PDF).
• 2016 Sampling - Plymouth Ponds and Lakes Stewardship Atlas Update 1, May 2017 is now available - May 2017 PALS Update (PDF)
• 2017 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)
• 2018 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)
• 2019 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)
• 2020 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)
• 2021 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)
• 2022 Sampling and Excel Database (XLS)

Pond & Watershed Studies

June 2015: Plymouth Ponds and Lakes Stewardship Atlas (PDF). The Atlas includes the following ponds: Bartlett, Big Sandy, Big West, Billington Sea, Bloody, Boot, Clam Pudding, Clear, Deer, Ezekiel, Forge, Fresh, Fresh Meadow, Gallows, Great Herring, Great South, Gunners Exchange, Halfway, Hedges, Hoyts, Jakes, Little, Little Herring, Little Long, Little South, Little West, Long, Long Island, Micajah, Moreys Hole, North Triangle, Round, Russell Mill, Saby, Savery, Shallow, Ship, Wall, White Island

• A Baseline Survey and Modified Eutrophication Index for 8 Ponds (1970s) (PDF)
  • Beaver Dam Pond
  • Black Pond
  • Clam Pudding Pond
  • Deer Pond
  • Lout Pond
  • Rabbit Pond
  • Shallow Pond
  • Warner Pond
• Volume V - A Baseline Survey and Modified Eutrophication Index for 41 Ponds (1970s) (PDF)
  • Russell Mill Pond
  • Sandy Pond (Big Sandy)
  • Savery Pond
  • Scokes Pond (Scoux)
  • Ship Pond
  • Spring Pond
  • Wall Pond
  • Big West Pond
  • White Island Pond
• Volume I - A Baseline Survey and Modified Eutrophication Index for 41 Ponds (1970s) (PDF)
  • Bartlett Pond
  • Bloody Pond
  • Boot Pond
  • Clear Pond
  • Ezekiel Pond
  • Forge Pond
  • Fresh Pond
  • Fresh Meadow Pond
• Volume IV - A Baseline Survey and Modified Eutrophication Index for 41 Ponds (1970s) (PDF)
  • Little South Pond
  • Little West Pond
  • Long Pond
  • Long Island Pond (Little Island)
  • Micajah Pond
  • Morey Hold Pond
  • North Triangle Pond
  • Round Pond
• Water Quality Studies Part III Final Report (Includes Part I and II) 1982 (PDF)
  • Billington Sea
  • Little Pond
• A Study of Billington Sea with Guidelines for Rehabilitation (1970s) (PDF)
• A Study of Great South Pond with Guidelines for Rehabilitation (1970s) (PDF)
• Big Sandy Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Curlew Pond Living Lakes Program Final Report, 1992 (PDF)
• Fresh Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Gallows Pond Living Lakes Program Final Report, 1992 (PDF)
• Great South Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Halfway Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Little Herring Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Little Long Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Long Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• Lout Pond Living Lakes Program Final Report, 1992 (PDF)
• Round Pond Living Lakes Program Final Report, 1992 (PDF)
• Russell Mill Pond Baseline Survey (1970s) (PDF)
• White Island Pond Water Quality Study, 1978 (PDF)
• Billington Sea Diagnostic Feasibility Study - GALE 1990 (PDF)

Biological Monitoring Data

July 2011 Biological Monitoring Data Report (PDF). The report includes the following ponds: Great Herring, Little Herring, Great South, Little, Billington Sea, Long, Little Long, Gallows, Halfway, Round, Bloody, Clear, Boot, Bartlett, Fresh, Big Sandy, Lout, Little South.