Cook Pond

Cook 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 Cook 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 Cook Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.67510, -71.17310. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cook Pond

• Kennedy Park · sanctuary · Newport · ~3 km · Must-see
• Battleship Cove · attraction · Bristol · ~4 km · Must-see
• USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. · attraction · Bristol · ~4 km · Must-see
• Fall River Heritage State Park · park · Bristol · ~4 km · Must-see
• USS Lionfish · attraction · Bristol · ~4 km · Must-see
• USS Massachusetts · attraction · Bristol · ~5 km · Must-see
• Ruggles Park · park · Newport · ~5 km · Must-see
• South Watuppa Pond · lake · Bristol · ~5 km · Must-see
• Watuppa Ponds · lake · Newport · ~8 km · Must-see
• North Watuppa Pond · lake · Bristol · ~9 km · Must-see
• Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum · park · Bristol · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bristol Ferry Light · fort · Bristol · ~10 km · Must-see
• Herreshoff Marine Museum · museum · Bristol · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bristol County Courthouse · museum · Bristol · ~10 km · Must-see
• Musselbed Shoals Light · beach · Newport · ~11 km · Must-see
• Hog Island Shoal Light · beach · Newport · ~12 km · Must-see
• Copicut Woods · sanctuary · Bristol · ~12 km · Must-see
• Colt State Park · park · Bristol · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cook Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cook Pond

• South Watuppa Pond · lake · Bristol · ~5 km · Must-see
• Watuppa Ponds · lake · Newport · ~8 km · Must-see
• North Watuppa Pond · lake · Bristol · ~9 km · Must-see
• Harold E Watson Reservoir Dam · lake · Newport · ~18 km · Must-see
• Quicksand Pond · lake · Newport · ~24 km · Must-see
• Edgewood Lake · lake · Providence · ~28 km · Must-see
• Roosevelt Lake · lake · Providence · ~29 km · Must-see
• Little Quittacas Pond · lake · Plymouth · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mashapaug Pond · lake · Providence · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Rico · lake · Bristol · ~33 km · Must-see

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