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MORSES POND

Loop: 1.2 miles

30 min walk

15 min jog  â€“ moderate

Dog friendly (excluding beach hours)

Not bike friendly (but adjacent Crosstown trail is)

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*Click the map to access our interactive google map and find out how far you are from Morses pond.

Note: Morses Pond beach is open 10-7 from June 7th through August 20th. For more information see:

http://www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_Recreation/Morses%20Pond 

The Morses Pond trail goes through the pond’s surrounding woods and along the water. To access the trail, park on Morses Pond Access Road. Walk down the road, past where the Crosstown Trail intersects it (a great way to get there is to bike/walk/run along the Crosstown Trail. Enter the trail at the intersection of Weston Rd. and Linden St. and continue .5 miles to the MOPO access road).

Meet Cinnamon! He loves exploring the outdoors.

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The Morses Pond loop veers off the the right and is marked with purple arrows. Follow the arrows through the pine trees and look for trail art.

Every time we go, we find more trail art

No, rock, everything is matter!

Walk down a steep decline by the water and past Ice House Pond to the beach. Look for swans and other birds in and around the pond.

Maybe go for a swim at the beach â€” even in May the water is warm enough for a dip. At the end of the beach, walk down the trail through the metal gate, follow the short nature trail, then return to the entrance via the access road.

Morses Pond is polluted! It gets excess nutrients from fertilizer people put on their lawns, which gets leached off by rain and ends up in the pond. The excess fertilizer causes algal blooms (the pond turns green), which are not fun to swim in. The pond also supplies water to houses in Wellesley. But you can help! Minimize your use of fertilizer, use compost instead, and/or buy phosphorus-free fertilizers. Here's a website with helpful information about growing a healthy, eco-friendly lawn: http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/6-steps-healthy-organic-lawn

The Park's History

MOPO came to be when a guy damned his brook to make a pond. Then the dam was used for hydropower, and then it was owned by ice companies until it became the recreational pond it is today.

Learn more about MOPO here: http://www.wellesleyma.gov/pages/wellesleyma_nrc/morsespond/Page5

By Johanna Keigler and Lily McRae

2017

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