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White Pond is a kettle hole pond.  Kettle holes were created roughly 15,000 years ago by the Laurentide Ice Sheet as it retreated from Martha's Vineyard toward Maine.  Blocks of ice dropped off, melted, and left depressions that were then filled in by the glacial fresh water table that permeates the sand of Cape Cod.  Unlike most areas off-Cape, where the water comes from isolated sole-source aquifers, Cape Cod's water is one "lens" filtered by the sand.

This pond makes for great swimming, canoeing, and kayaking and can be accessed at many points along her perimeter.  The main public access is off Jeanette Dr., which is off Queen Anne Rd near Great Hill.  There is a recently created parking lot on the left hand about a 1/4 mile up and parking is adequate for 1/2 a dozen cars or more plus a trailer turn-around.