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Sunset Lake (Braintree, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°12′09″N 71°00′44″W / 42.20250°N 71.01222°W / 42.20250; -71.01222
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Sunset Lake
Sunset Lake
Location of the lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of the lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Sunset Lake
Location of the lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of the lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Sunset Lake
LocationFranklin Street, Braintree, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°12′09″N 71°00′44″W / 42.20250°N 71.01222°W / 42.20250; -71.01222
Typelake
River sourcesFarm River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation102 ft (31 m)[1]
FrozenLate December–Early March (approx.)
SettlementsBraintree

Sunset Lake is water body located in Norfolk County in Eastern Massachusetts, United States, in the south side of the town of Braintree.

Location

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Sunset Lake is located on Stafford Street, off of Franklin Street. The lake is owned by ryan chipman in the Town of Braintree.[2] The Sunset Lake dam is connected to the Farm River through the Sunset Lake "canal' that passes underneath Pond Street.[2]

Braintree High School is located on the northwest side of the lake. On the south side of the lake, at 20 Pond Street, sit lakeside apartments, named the Sunset Lake Apartments.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sunset Lake (Braintree, Massachusetts)
  2. ^ a b "PDF: Feasibility Analysis for Restoring River Herring to the Fore River" (PDF). mass.gov. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Sunset Lake Apartments". Apartment Guide. Retrieved 25 March 2015.