Spectacle Pond – Lake in Worcester, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 610793

Location

State Massachusetts

County Worcester

Feature Class Lake

Coordinates

DMS

42°30'46"N 71°40'58"W

Decimal Degrees

42.5128502, -71.6829026

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Shirley

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Lunenburg Station

1.9 mi NNW

Hydrography

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Description

2.5 mi SW of Shirley; Town of Lancaster.

History

Name derived from its shape (MGB 1932).

Nearby Features

Little Spectacle Pond Lake · 0.4 mi NW
Oak Hill Pond Lake · 0.6 mi SE
Fort Pond Reservoir · 0.8 mi NNW
Fort Devens (historical) Military · 0.9 mi ESE
Turner Pond Lake · 1.3 mi N
McGovern Brook Stream · 1.3 mi SSW
Shaker Hill Summit · 1.6 mi ENE
Spectacle Brook Stream · 1.6 mi S
Pond Hill Summit · 1.6 mi WNW
White Pond Reservoir · 1.7 mi W

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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