Halfway Pond a warm water pond located in

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

between

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and Long Pond, west of Round Pond, southwest of

Gallows Pond Gallows Pond is a kettlehole pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is west of and adjacent to Long Pond, south of Little Long Pond, and northeast of Halfway Pond Halfway Pond a warm water pond located in Plymouth, Massachusetts between M ...

, and north of Fawn Pond and White Island Pond. The average depth is nine feet and the maximum depth is . The pond is fed by groundwater springs and drains into the

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. Halfway Pond Island lies in the middle of the pond and is managed as a research natural area by The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts. There are almost three miles (5 km) of shoreline. Access here is informal and can be located off of Mast Road, a portion of which abuts the western shoreline of the pond. Parking is limited to just two or three cars and boaters will have to stick with

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s and other car top craft. Substantial amounts of shoreline are open to fishing.

Halfway Pond village

Halfway Pond, a small village of Plymouth, is located on the southwestern shore of Halfway Pond .

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Mass Division of Fisheries and Wildlife - Pond MapsSix Ponds Improvement Association
Ponds of Plymouth, Massachusetts Villages in Plymouth, Massachusetts Villages in Massachusetts Ponds of Massachusetts {{PlymouthCountyMA-geo-stub

Halfway Pond village

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