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If you are traveling by, why not stop by Lake Shirley. Summertime highs at Lake Shirley ordinarily tend to be in the 70's, and all through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. High temperatures during the winter are normally in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Lake Shirley are in the 10's. Wachusett Mountain has good slopes and a friendly staff, and this is a popular spot for folks from Worcester. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors
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| | cool stuff the area in the neighborhood of Lake Shirley has to offer. A tremendous beach next to Lake Shirley is Harvard Town Beach, and get dripping wet paddling on Assabet River. Soar down the rapids of Souhegan River in a kayak, and some of the water nearby flows, like Bow Brook. Maplewood Golf Course is a golf course near Lake Shirley, and a swamp like Long Swamp near Lake Shirley has lots of interesting things to see. Lake Shirley is a wet spot that gets | |
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a great deal of precipitation; the month of November is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest of the months is September. Lake Shirley beyond doubt is in the middle of a wonderful outdoors paradise. While you're here
at Lake Shirley you can take a hike along the Mitchell Hill Road; you can stay the night at Crystal Springs Campground. This lake is so wonderful. Benjamin Hill is clearly visible from Lake Shirley, and if you need a location to stay
Four Points By Sheraton Leominster is a brilliant choice. Hit the slopes at McIntyre nearby; of course, this is a magnificent vicinity for folks who like lakes, Dead Pond is a lake in close proximity. There's some interesting
stuff to catch a glimpse of at Lake Shirley Dam next to Lake Shirley, and dry warm beds await you at Springhill Suites By Marriott Boston Devens. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Lake Shirley that you need
to camp here for a while, Field and Stream Travel Trailer Park is a good site for that. Lakes are brilliant; Bow Brook Reservoir is a lake that's near Lake Shirley.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 42.55556 Longitude: -71.675
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McIntyre, New Hampshire, 28 miles away 300 vertical feet |
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Assabet River, Middlesex/Worcester CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class I-II - 1.5 miles long (Route 117 to Route 62) |
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Souhegan River, Hillsborough CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class II-III - 5.75 miles long (Greenville to New Hampshire Route 101) |
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Souhegan River, Hillsborough CountyCounty, 15 miles away Class III - 1.25 miles long (NH Route 101 Bridge to Wilton) |
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Dead Pond, Worcester CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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Harvard Town Beach
 | Your readers should know that the Harvard Town Beach is for residents and tax payers of the town of Harvard only. Believe me, they are strict about who they let in.... |
Groton School Pond
 | is this a pond you can swim in... |
Heywood Reservoir
 | Ahhh good ol Heywood's used to be a great lake for swimming with rope swings that threw you out 80 feet into the water. but since then many things have changed people caught on to the fun nites out there , and police started showing up and now the whole place ''all the trees'' have been cut down above the apple orchard, so no swimming there or you will be hit with a fine of up to 500$... |
Notown Reservoir
 | Notown reservoir does not allow fishing, swimming or boats. There is no public access.... |
Honey Pot Pond
 | 15 miles away big large moulth bass but very small pond...fun for a few hours...please catch and release... |
Nashua Canal Reservoir
 | 15 miles away Good place to fish from shore… Good place to take kids.... |
Bell Pond
 | 16 miles away Nasty, nasty. A lot of people throw their trash anywhere that is convenient for them. Gross....Was bell pond built over a junk yard?... |
Marshall Pond
 | 16 miles away I can't find it. I think they filled it in to build car dealerships.... |
Locust Pond
 | 17 miles away 1 PHOTO Locust Pond is a lake that was formed in 1954 by the creation of the Locust Pond Dam on Locust Brook, which flows from the Locust Pond to the larger Merrimack River. Locust Pond is considered a lake because Mass Regs (310 CMR 10.04) state that a lake is ?any open body of fresh water with a surface area of ten acres or more, and shall include great ponds. The site is bordered by Locust Avenue and light residential development to the northwest, and Route 3 to the southwest. The other half of the perimeter is bordered by dense development. The pond is mostly open water with no emergent marsh development. The upland is all forested. The habitat quality of this site is limited by the development surrounding it, however, it should provide at least transient habitat for aquatic mammals such as beaver, otter, and mink, and many of the upland mammals and migratory songbirds of forested habitats.... |
Baboosic Lake
 | 18 miles away Big bass are everywhere but no public launch… Lots of pleasure boats. But worth fishing if you get the chance.... |
Coes Pond
 | 19 miles away I caught 5 rainbow trout in 45 minutes... ranging from 11 inches 1 pounds to 18 inches 2 and three qaurter pounds.... goos stuff... |
Patch Pond
 | 19 miles away Patch Pond still has an abundance of wildlife in and around it. Many types of birds live around the pond, many more (migratory birds) visit. At this point in time and for the last decade or so the earthin dam next to the concreat dam has been breeched. This has resulted in a lower water leval leaving the infeed end of the pond a swamp. This could be and once was a wondeful place Please help us save it Please fix the earthin Dam. Patch Pond is between Patch reservour and Cose reservour. This Pond cannot be seen from Mill Street the Pond on Mill Street is Patch Res.... |
Leesville Pond
 | 19 miles away The Leesville Pond Watershed and Neighborhood Association is a grassroots organization of neighborhood residents whose mission is to work together with individuals, groups, businesses and agencies in order to improve and maintain the quality of life in the neighborhood.... |
Crotched Mountain
 | 28 miles away 5 PHOTOS Crotched Mountain is New England's Go-To Mountain. Home to Midnight Madness, the only late night ski & ride session, the madness starts up at 9pm and goes until 3am every Friday and Saturday starting Dec 26th until Feb 28th. Crotched is also the proud owners of ''New England's Ultimate Snowmaking System''. With 104 SMI Fan Guns covering 100% of the mountain, Crotched is able to make 12'' of fresh powder in 24 hours. That give us the highest snowmaking capacity per acre in all of the Northeast! With affordable rate, Great learn to ski & ride packages and a close proximity to all major New England cities, Crotched is the place to be this winter. We're close to home.
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Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
 | 30 miles away He is my great great great grandpa Samuel Slater . ... |
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