Morses Pond covers about 100 acres and has a maximum depth of 20 feet. The pond is surrounded by woods, trails, and a beach. The pond is open to the public from June to September and offers swimming, boating, fishing, and picnicking facilities. 

Morses Pond has a rich history dating back to 1738 when Edward Ward dammed his brook to create a small mill pond. The original Morses Pond was much smaller than the pond we enjoy today. During the following century, a string of owners from railroad companies to paint manufacturers built up the damn and used the impounded water as a source of hydropower. Towards the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s, two different ice-making companies owned the pond. Both companies built the pond up to the Morses Pond we enjoy today.

Morses Pond covers about 100 acres between MA-135 and MA-9 in the northwest corner of Wellesley. A large area of the pond is less than 10 feet deep; its average depth is about 8 feet and its maximum depth is 23 feet. Water enters the north end of the pond from Bogle Brook, Boulder Brook, and Jennings Brook. Water exits the pond through the damn on MA-135 and continues on to Paintshop Pond, Lake Waban, and eventually the Charles River. Water also exits via the groundwater wells that extract water for public consumption in Natick and Wellesley.