Willett Pond is a small lake ringed by the towns of Walpole, Westwood, and Norwood and it includes both Willett Pond itself and adjacent Pettee’s Pond. There are roughly 85 residential homes surrounding its shores, about 70 in Walpole and 15 in Westwood, with Saint Timothy’s Church on the Norwood section of the shore.

The pond itself and most of its surrounding shoreline are owned by Neponset River Land Holding Association (“Landholding”), a nonprofit whose mission includes environmental stewardship of the pond and maintaining the dam and its related structures. Landholding leases the pond to two organizations for private use: first, to our organization the Willett Pond Charitable and Protective Association (“WPCPA”) which has represented the residential homeowner abutters since its inception in 1985; and second, to the North Walpole Fish and Game Club (“F&G Club”), whose members primarily use the pond for fishing. Revenue from these two long-term leases funds the pond’s operating costs, and the two leasing organizations work together with Landholding on governance and budgeting matters. On the northwest end of the pond, there is a small beach along Brook Street that has an easement for general public use, which is limited to passive activities such as kayaking and the like. There is also a second public access point across from Adam’s Farm on Fisher Street.