Jemima Pond is a scenic freshwater pond located in Eastham. It is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore and is popular for swimming, fishing, and kayaking. The pond has a surface area of 24 acres and a maximum depth of 23 feet. Jemima Pond is named after Jemima Rogers, a woman who lived near the pond in the 18th century and was known for her kindness and generosity to the local community.

The fishing access to Jemima Pond on Samoset Road provides views of this pond.

Cape Cod is a large peninsula extending 60 miles into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Massachusetts. Located on the outer portion of the Cape, Cape Cod National Seashore’s 44,600 acres encompass a rich mosaic of marine, estuarine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. These systems and their associated habitats reflect the Cape’s glacial origin, dynamic natural processes, and at least 9,000 years of human activity. Geomorphic shoreline change, groundwater fluctuations, tidal dynamics including rising sea level, and atmospheric deposition are among the many physical processes that continue to shape the Seashore’s ecosystems. Marine and estuarine systems include beaches, sand spits, tidal flats, salt marshes, and soft-bottom benthos. Freshwater ecosystems include kettle ponds, vernal pools, sphagnum bogs, and swamps. Terrestrial systems include pitch pine and scrub oak forests, heathlands, dunes, and sandplain grasslands. Many of these habitats are globally uncommon and the species that occupy them are correspondingly rare.