Great Herring Pond is a 376 acres (1.5 km²) warm water pond mostly located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the southern portion extending into Bourne

Bourne, Massachusetts

Bourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,721 at the 2000 census.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Bourne, please see the articles on Bourne , Buzzards Bay, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore, and Sagamore...

. The village of Pondville in the Cedarville

Cedarville, Massachusetts

Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay.Residents enjoy...

 section of Plymouth lies on the eastern shore of the pond. The pond has an average depth of 20 ft (6 m) and a maximum depth of 42 ft (13 m). The bottom is composed of sand, rubble and muck. A tire reef was installed in 1979 to
provide additional fish shelter. The inflow comes from Little Herring Pond

Little Herring Pond

Little Herring Pond is a , shallow natural pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. The pond is located north of Great Herring Pond, west of Hedges Pond, southwest of Black Jimmy Pond , northeast of Island Pond and Triangle Pond, and east of Long Duck Pond. The pond has an...

, and the outflow goes into the Herring River in Bourne. The Public Access Board gravel ramp in Bourne enters shallow water and is therefore best suited for canoe

Canoe

A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

s, inflatable and other shallow-draft, hand-carried craft.