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Fly fishing near Leicester, Massachusetts

Water spilling over a stone dam on the Swift River at Bondsville in autumn
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The Swift River at the Bondsville dam, Massachusetts, downstream of Quabbin Reservoir. Photo: Richard B. Johnson (LymanSchool), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

8 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Leicester, Massachusetts, in a straight line; the nearest are Quinapoxet River (10 mi), Gates Brook (11 mi) and Stillwater River (13 mi).

More about Leicester

1 fly shop is in Leicester or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Western Massachusetts: the Deerfield & the Swift, 38 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

8 waters near Leicester

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Quinapoxet RiverFreestone river · 10 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  2. Gates BrookFreestone river · 11 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  3. Stillwater RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  4. French RiverFreestone river · 14 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  5. West RiverTailwater · 18 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  6. East Branch Swift RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  7. Swift RiverTailwater · 22 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow
  8. Branch RiverFreestone river · 25 mi · Designated trout water · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Leicester as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Western Massachusetts: the Deerfield & the Swift · 38 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 610365, Worcester County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.