Round Pond is an reservoir in

Duxbury, Massachusetts Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore (Massachusetts), South Shore approximately to t ...

. The reservoir is located northeast of Pine Lake, northwest of

Island Creek Pond Island Creek Pond is a pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts in the village of Tinkertown. The pond is located north of Mill Pond A mill pond (or millpond) is a body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill. Description Mill ponds we ...

, and southwest of

North Hill Marsh Pond North Hill Marsh Pond is a pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA. The pond is the headwaters to the Back River. The pond is located northeast of Round Pond and north of Island Creek Pond Island Creek Pond is a pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts in ...

. An inlet provides the inflow for this reservoir from Pine Lake. The reservoir is associated hydro logically with an adjacent cranberry bog operation. It is a

kettle hole A kettle (also known as a kettle lake, kettle hole, or pothole) is a depression/hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating gla ...

formed by melting glaciers over ten thousand years ago. The north-west segment is bounded by a retaining berm that separates the pond from a cranberry bog. A pump house sits at the western edge with an intake pipe extending into the pond.

External links

Environmental Protection AgencySouth Shore Coastal Watersheds - Lake Assessments
Lakes of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusetts Reservoirs in Massachusetts {{PlymouthCountyMA-geo-stub