Massachusetts / Nightingale Pond /
Nightingale Pond Carry-in Access
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Nightingale Pond · near Bourne · Massachusetts
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Ramp surface
- Dirt
- Managed by
- MassWildlife
- Coordinates
- 41.75444, -70.59000
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (New England District; the one nearest this launch is of January 20, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Cape Cod Canal · 0.4 mi from this launch
Condition survey of January 20, 2026 by the New England District. Least depth in the channel (32-Foot Bourne West Reach): 16.9 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); project depth 32 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Nightingale Pond
Pond in Massachusetts. All launches on Nightingale Pond.
Nearby launches
- Little Buttermilk Bay Carry-in Access · 0.7 mi · Little Buttermilk Bay
- Queen Sewell Cove Carry-in Access · 0.9 mi · Queen Sewell Cove
- Taylor Point Boat Ramp · 1.6 mi · Buzzards Bay
- Electric Avenue Beach and Boat Ramp · 1.6 mi · Buzzards Bay
- Great Herring Pond Boat Launch · 2.6 mi · Great Herring Pond
- Chester Park · 2.8 mi · Phinneys Harbor
Sources
- MassWildlife GoFishMA! freshwater access points record GFACC972 · Public data (MassWildlife, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife), no license stated
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