Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

Dedicated to the health of Orleans waterways for over 20 years.

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Icehouse Pond

Bird watching at Ice House Pond (Photo: Orleans Conservation Trust)
Ice House Pond setting (also Reuben’s Pond), showing walking trails (Source: OCT)
  • Pond area: 5.7 acres
  • Maximum depth:  19.9 ft (6.1 m)
  • Location: Ice House Pond is located just to the west of Brick Hill Road and to the northeast of Reuben’s Pond
  • Water access, parking:  Parking at 245 Tonset Road or 64 Captain Curtis Way gives access to the OCT walking trails leading to Ice House Pond.  There is also access from Brick Hill Road, with parking along the street for 1-2 cars.
  • Boat ramp / boat access:  no boat ramp; it is a short distance from Brick Hill Road to the pond shoreline for kayak/canoe launch.
  • Recreational Uses:  Walking, birding, fishing.
  • Fishing: Ice House Pond is a warm water fishery and primarily has largemouth and smallmouth bass, yellow perch and pickerel. A MA state fishing license is required.

Other Fun Facts:

  • Ice House Pond is named for its history of providing ice for residents’ ice boxes to see them through the warmer months.
  • Ice House Pond is popular for bird watching throughout the year; it’s an important stopover site for many species of migrating waterfowl. Other species, including wood ducks, are thought to nest by the pond, while the surrounding woodlands shelter warblers and birds of prey.

Ice House Pond bathymetry map (depth in feet)

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Thanks in advance from your friends at the Orleans Pond Coalition

About Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans Pond Coalition, Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans. Our work includes offering educational programs to encourage mindful land use practices, sponsoring water quality research, working with community, regional and state organizations to formulate constructive policies to protect our … Learn More

Our Mission

Orleans Pond Coalition is dedicated to the protection and health of our shared watersheds, estuaries, ponds and lakes.

Orleans   Pond   Coalition
PO Box 2485
Orleans, MA 02653

info@orleanspondcoalition.org

OPC is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans, MA.

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