Little Herring Pond is a , shallow natural
pond
A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...
in the
Cedarville section of
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as ...
, USA. The pond is located north of
Great Herring Pond
Great Herring Pond is a warm water pond mostly located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the southern portion extending into Bourne. The village of Pondville in the Cedarville section of Plymouth lies on the eastern shore of the pond. The pond ha ...
, west of
Hedges Pond, southwest of
Black Jimmy Pond (Hyles Pond), northeast of
Island Pond and
Triangle Pond, and east of
Long Duck Pond
Long Duck Pond is a pond in the West Wind Shores, Massachusetts, West Wind Shores neighborhood of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located east of Big Rocky Pond and west of Little Herring Pond and Triangle Pond (Massachusetts), Triangle Pond. ...
. The pond has an average depth of three feet and a maximum depth of only four feet. The outflow is a stream that feeds Great Herring Pond, which in turn feeds the
Herring River
Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, i ...
. Access to the pond is via a dirt road off Carters Bridge Road.
External links
MassWildlife - Pond Maps
Ponds of Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ponds of Massachusetts
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