Cooks Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
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Cooks Pond is a 23 acres (93,077.8 m²) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is within the Eel River
watershed, located north of South Pond
village, near The Shops at 5
and the main Post Office
, and southeast of Lout Pond
. The pond suffers from trash along the northern shore as well as erosion at the access point on the north side of the pond, each of which was noted in a 2002 field inspection.
Eel River (Massachusetts)
The Eel River is a river mostly in the village of Chiltonville in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its headwaters are springs and small ponds above Russell Millpond. Its watershed encompasses approximately...
watershed, located north of South Pond
South Pond, Massachusetts
South Pond is a village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. It is located east of Great South Pond, a reservoir that serves as one of Plymouth's municipal water sources. The village is located north of Myles Standish State Forest, northwest of Long Pond, southwest of Chiltonville and west of...
village, near The Shops at 5
The Shops at 5
The Shops at 5 is large, recently completed retail development in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is located at Exit 5 off Route 3, south of Plymouth Center. Consisting of over , it is one of the largest open-air shopping centers in Massachusetts. The project began construction in 2004, and was...
and the main Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, and southeast of Lout Pond
Lout Pond
Lout Pond is an kettlehole pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, east of Billington Sea, southeast of Morton Park, and northwest of Cooks Pond. The pond has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . The northern and southern shores have been developed extensively. Cranberry bogs are along the...
. The pond suffers from trash along the northern shore as well as erosion at the access point on the north side of the pond, each of which was noted in a 2002 field inspection.