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     Why not camp at Prospect Lake Park since you're here at Great Pond, and since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always visit close by Great Pond Upper Reservoir. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Bradford is in the vicinity of Great Pond. This lake is so wonderful. Hole in Rock is a good place, and the top of Blue Hill Range is easily made out from Great Pond. The annual rainfall here at Great Pond is about average; during November this area sees the  
   most rain while July is ordinarily the driest month.
This lake is so wonderful. Pakomet Spring is always fun to check out, and Great Pond lays in the shadow of the Blue Hill Range. Great Pond Upper Reservoir Dam has splendid water scenery and it's in close proximity to Great Pond, and a perfect place close by is Slide Notch. Throughout the warm days of summer at Great Pond temperatures are typically in the 80's while night lows are regularly in the 60's. Through
 
               the winter this place gets highs in the 30's, and during the dark hours in the wintertime at Great Pond temperatures descend to the 20's.
This lake is so wonderful. Great Pond is not far at all from Boston-Cambridge-Quincy; a wonderful nearby hotel is Candlewood Suites BOSTON-BRAINTREE. Yep, outdoors cool stuff to do are really abundant here at Great Pond. Lakes? Sure, Great Pond Reservoir is close at hand, and Charles River has a brilliant whitewater paddling spot close by. Nothing beats kicking back at Wollaston Beach; a day on the slopes of Blue Hills is just what you need.
If you need a place to stay Holiday Inn Express BRAINTREE is a great choice, and a round of golf at nearby Braintree Municipal Golf Course is a great way to kill some time. On a wonderful day you can go to Broad Meadow, a swamp right next door to Great Pond; popping by Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. If you're looking for a beach close to Great Pond, we recommend Tenean Beach, and getting to Blue Hill River from Great Pond is easy.
So many entertaining things in the vicinity of Great Pond, absolutely extraordinary. Camping is available at Camp Cedar, and whitewater paddling is pleasant on Cohasset Tidal Rip.

 
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Local climate location: BOSTON WSO AP 1 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.2
Longitude: -71.04444

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These outdoors activities are available near Great Pond.
 Beaches Near Great Pond:
Wollaston Beach, Norfolk County, 5 miles away
Tenean Beach, Suffolk County, 5 miles away
 Hotels Near Great Pond:
Holiday Inn Express BRAINTREE, Braintree, 1 miles away
Candlewood Suites BOSTON-BRAINTREE, Braintree, 1 miles away
Comfort Inn Randolph, Randolph, 1 miles away
Hampton Inn Boston/Braintree, Braintree, 1 miles away
Sheraton Braintree Hotel, Braintree, 2 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Great Pond:
Camp Cedar, Brookline, 10 miles away
Prospect Lake Park, Winthrop, 10 miles away
Camp Micah, Chestnut Hill, 11 miles away
Norwell Campsites, Norwell, 12 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Great Pond:
Blue Hills, Massachusetts, 6 miles away
      309 vertical feet
Bradford, Massachusetts, 28 miles away
      300 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Great Pond:
Charles River, Norfolk CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class I - 0.1 miles long (Needham Rapids)
Cohasset Tidal Rip, Norfolk CountyCounty, 18 miles away
      Class I-II - 0 miles long (Cohasset)
 National Parks Near Great Pond:
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston - MA, 8 miles away
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT, 59 miles away
Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet - MA, 67 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Great Pond:
Braintree Municipal Golf Course, Braintree, 2 miles away
Wollaston Golf Club, Milton, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Great Pond:
Great Pond Upper Reservoir, Norfolk CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Great Pond Reservoir, Norfolk CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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