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Sesachacha Pond

Nantucket, Massachusetts — Nantucket County.

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271Surface acres
0.5 miShoreline trails

Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 136686076).

Location & fast facts

Where Sesachacha Pond is in Massachusetts

The red circle marks Sesachacha Pond.

Fast facts

About Sesachacha Pond

  • County: Nantucket
  • Town: Nantucket
  • Mapped as: Lake or pond (USGS National Hydrography Dataset)
  • Distance: about 92 mi from Boston and 115 mi from Worcester, straight-line (not driving distance)

Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.

Fishing in Massachusetts

Official MassWildlife pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.

Lake map

Sesachacha Pond shoreline, boat launches & beaches

Quidnet Beach (Beach)1¼ mileN

Numbers on the map match the list at rightbelow.

BeachShoreline trail
  1. 1Quidnet Beach
    Beach

Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 136686076), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: MassWildlife Office of Fishing & Boating Access sites (MassGIS). Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

0.5 miTrail within 100 m of shore
About 15%Of the shoreline
NoLoops the whole lake
South shoreWhere

OpenStreetMap shows about 0.5 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 100 m (330 ft) of the Sesachacha Pond shoreline, mostly along the south shore.

Trails along the shore

The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.

Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 100 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.

Conditions right now

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Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (41.2966, -69.9791). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Sesachacha Pond. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Sun & moon at Sesachacha Pond

Best fishing times

Major periodMinor periodDaylight

    Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.

    Public beaches

    On OpenStreetMap: 1 beach or swimming spot on the shore of Sesachacha Pond not marked private, residents-only or members-only.

    BeachTypeAccessDirections
    Quidnet BeachBeachAccess not tagged; check posted rulesGet directions

    Beaches: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), within about 150 m (500 ft) of the lake outline. A mapped beach is not a guarantee that swimming is allowed, supervised or safe; some town beaches need a resident sticker even when the map doesn't say so. Check posted rules and water-quality advisories before you swim.

    Contact & official info

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