Browning Pond Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Browning Pond
at Treasure Valley
Location	Oakham / Spencer, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°18′48″N 71°59′46″W / 42.31333°N 71.99611°W / 42.31333; -71.99611Coordinates: 42°18′48″N 71°59′46″W / 42.31333°N 71.99611°W / 42.31333; -71.99611
Type	Pond
Primary outflows	15 ft³/s (0.42 m³/s)
Catchment area	12 mi² (31 km²)
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	1 mi (1.61 km)
Max. width	0.25 mi (0.40 km)
Surface area	89 acres (36 ha)
Average depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Max. depth	42 ft (13 m)
Shore length¹	2 mi (3.31 km)
Surface elevation	745 ft (227 m)
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Browning Pond is located in Oakham and Spencer, Massachusetts. This 89-acre (360,000 m²) great pond forms the headwaters of the Seven Mile River. It is part of the Chicopee River Watershed.

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The water is dark colored, but has a moderately high transparency of 10 feet (3.0 m). A boat ramp is located on Boy Scouts of America property, the Treasure Valley Scout Reservation, on Browning Pond Road. Permission onto the property must be obtained for use. This is a gravel ramp, and the parking area is limited to about five cars. Shore access is limited to Browning Pond Road frontage. Aquatic vegetation and fallen trees provide cover and are scattered along the shoreline and in the northern cove. There is an old abandoned mine shaft that was used for mining copper. It can be found with the proper gear in the middle of the pond. There are also sunken rowboats and sailboats as well.

Browning Pond is fed from numerous small-unnamed brooks and extended wetlands that run from Paxton and Rutland on the north and Oakham on west. There is a ridge in the Rutland State Park that divides the waters. Waters to its north flow into Long Pond, becoming part of the Ware River watershed, and waters to its south flow into Browning Pond.

Fishing

A 1979 fish sampling effort indicated a fish population composed of Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow and White Perch, Bluegills, Pumpkinseeds, Red Breasted Sunfish, Black Crappie, Brown Bullheads, Rainbow and Brook Trout, White Suckers, Golden Shiners, Chub Suckers and Darters.

Browning Pond is managed for both warm water and cold-water fish. It is stocked with Trout in both the spring and autumn. Because it is somewhat acidic, Brook Trout are usually stocked in early spring, while Rainbow and Brown Trout are generally stocked in mid to late spring and fall. A limited amount of cold-water habitat persists through the summer and Trout can be expected in the deeper areas during the summer months. An excellent Largemouth Bass population is present and many large Bass were taken during the 1979 survey.

The best fishing should be along the northern and eastern shores, as weed growth is most abundant in these areas. Pan fish are abundant and provide good fishing. Yellow Perch and Bullheads are of good size.

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Lakes and ponds of Massachusetts by drainage system

Lakes

Connecticut River Watershed	Lake Monomonac Lake Wyola

Housatonic River Watershed	Lake Buel Lake Garfield Lake Onota

Merrimack River Watershed	Fairhaven Bay Haggetts Pond Lake Attitash Lake Boon Lake Cochichewick Lake Cochituate Lake Saltonstall Lost Lake Walden Pond

Providence River Watershed	Lake Quinsigamond

Taunton River Watershed	Assonet Bay Lake Nippenicket Lake Rico Lake Sabbatia Long Pond Pocksha Pond

Others	Buffumville Lake Charge Pond Chebacco Lake Crystal Lake Follins Pond Hickory Hills Lake Indian Lake Lake Ashmere Lake Chaubunagungamaug Lake Massapoag Lake Quannapowitt Lewis Lake Mystic Lakes Pine Lake Prankers Pond Silver Lake Wallum Lake Wenham Lake Whites Pond

Ponds

Agawam River Watershed	Fawn Pond Glen Charlie Pond Halfway Pond Little Long Pond (Plymouth) Long Pond (Plymouth) Mill Pond (Wareham) Spectacle Pond (Wareham)

Connecticut River Watershed	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Quaboag Pond Thompson Pond

Eel River Watershed	Boot Pond Cooks Pond Forge Pond Great South Pond Gunners Exchange Pond Hoyts Pond Island Pond (Plymouth) Russell Millpond

Jones River Watershed	Crossman Pond Furnace Pond Harrobs Corner Bog Pond Indian Head Pond Lower Chandler Pond Maquan Pond Oldham Pond Pembroke Street South Pond Reeds Millpond Russell Pond Silver Lake Upper Chandler Pond West Chandler Pond

Mattapoisett River Watershed	Long Pond Snipatuit Pond

Merrimack River Watershed	Tuxbury Pond

Taunton River Watershed	Assawompset Pond Great Quittacas Pond Little Quittacas Pond Monponsett Pond Robbins Pond Tispaquin Pond Watson Pond Watuppa Ponds Winnecunnet Pond

Wankinco River Watershed	East Head Reservoir Parker Mills Pond Tihonet Pond

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