Houghtons Pond
Houghtons Pond is a lake at 49 m above sea level in Massachusetts, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 49 m
Houghtons Pond 3D map
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Houghtons Pond terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Houghtons Pond elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Houghtons Pond weather
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Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain.
Camping & parking near Houghtons Pond
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Houghtons Pond, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km NNW
Nearest campsite
YMCA Camp
Nearest trailhead
Monatiquot River Trail & Boardwalk
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.3 km N |
| Parking | 0.4 km SE |
| YMCA CampCampsite | 1.2 km SW |
| Spang Camp SiteCampsite | 1.6 km SSE |
| Ponkapoag Camp of Appalachian Mountain ClubCampsite | 1.8 km SSE |
| Trailhead | 6.3 km ENE |
| Monatiquot River Trail & BoardwalkTrailhead | 7.6 km E |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.3% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 179 m low point 15 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Houghtons Pond.
Summit list 7
- 1Houghton Hill129 m 0.3 km NW
- 2Tucker Hill133 m 0.8 km ENE
- 3Hancock Hill155 m 0.8 km N
- 4Hemenway Hill140 m 0.9 km NNW
- 5Wolcott Hill132 m 1.1 km WNW
- 6Great Blue Hill193 m 1.6 km W
- 7Buck Hill151 m 1.7 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 1,728 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eastern white pine158
- Multiflora rose141
- Sweet Pepperbush128
- American beech123
- Round-leaved sundew123
- Ghost Pipe120
Where Houghtons Pond sits
- Region
- Massachusetts16United States943North America1,328
Nearby places
Jamaica PondLake↑12 km N
Lake Massapoag↑14 km SSW
Crystal Lake↑16 km NW
Spy PondLake↑22 km NNW
Lake Nippenicket17 m↑27 km S
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)