Chard Pond

Chard Pond: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Chard Pond

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Chard Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.49675, -72.56064. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chard Pond

• Mount Toby · viewpoint · Franklin · ~3 km · Must-see
• Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation · sanctuary · Franklin · ~4 km · Must-see
• South Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~5 km · Must-see
• Pocumtuck Rock · viewpoint · Franklin · ~6 km · Must-see
• Leverett Peace Pagoda · Buddhist site · Franklin · ~7 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Gutter Conservation Area · viewpoint · Franklin · ~8 km · Must-see
• Historic Deerfield Walking Tour · museum · Franklin · ~8 km · Must-see
• Robert Frost Trail · trek · Hampshire · ~11 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~15 km · Must-see
• Old Chapel · church · Hampshire · ~15 km · Must-see
• Metacomet - Monadnock Trail · trek · Franklin · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Orient · viewpoint · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Beneski Museum of Natural History · museum · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mead Art Museum · museum · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Chapel Brook · church · Franklin · ~21 km · Must-see
• Northfield Mountain · viewpoint · Cheshire · ~22 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Chard Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Chard Pond

• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~15 km · Must-see
• Quabbin Reservoir · lake · Worcester · ~29 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Marina · lake · Hampshire · ~29 km · Must-see
• Winsor Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~37 km · Must-see
• Whiting Street Reservoir · lake · Hampden · ~37 km · Must-see
• Goodnough Dike · lake · Hampshire · ~39 km · Must-see
• Holyoke Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~40 km · Must-see
• Littleville Lake · lake · Hampden · ~46 km · Must-see

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