[2] Located on the east side of town (on the north side of I-495), Winneconnet Pond is fed by the Canoe River and Mulberry Meadow Brook (sometimes simply called "Mulberry Brook" and referred to in an 1890 document as "Leach's Stream"[3]).

The pond appeared on the United States Environmental Protection Agency "Massachusetts List of Impaired Waters for 1989".

"[6][7] In an October 2007 town meeting, Winneconnet Pond area residents spoke in favor of allocating a proposed $40,000 in funds to develop a weed control and dredging program for the pond which a spokesperson described "a weed-infested, mosquito breeding swamp.

"[9] In 1927, Edward Howe Forbush wrote a study of the nesting habits of the barred owl which included the following observation: In the region where I hunt, in southeastern Massachusetts, the barred owl is decidedly our commonest large owl, but it is none too common at that...The Winnecunnett pair has a record of 26 years, 1905 to 1930, inclusive, though this pair also was much disturbed by cutting in the woods and was obliged to nest in five different groves of pines, one of which was a quarter of a mile away.

The Patriot Ledger reports that "the town forest, where King Philip's Cave is located, and Lake Winnecunnett are both popular recreation sites.

Fisherman can expect catches of chain pickerel and largemouth bass with an occasional northern pike of ten pounds or more...[5]