Chimney Repair in Cochituate, MA

Cochituate is located in southwestern Middlesex County at 42°19′40″N 71°21′37″W / 42.32778°N 71.36028°W, in the southern part of the town of Wayland. The southern border of the community is the Natick town line, except at Cochituate’s southeast corner, which extends into the northeast corner of Natick. Cochituate is bordered to the west by the city of Framingham.

Massachusetts Route 27 passes through Cochituate as its Main Street, leading north 3 miles (5 km) to and south the same distance to . Massachusetts Route 30 (Commonwealth Road) passes through the southern part of Cochituate, leading east 9 miles (14 km) to Newton and west 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Framingham. Interstate 90, the Massachusetts Turnpike crosses the southern part of Cochituate in two places; the closest access is Exit 117, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west in Framingham.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Cochituate CDP has a total area of 4.17 square miles (10.80 km²), of which 3.81 square miles (9.87 km²) are land and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km²), or 8.57%, are water. It is home to Lake Cochituate and Dudley Pond. Both are used by residents year round; in the summer for boating and fishing, and in the winter for ice fishing. There is a beach where Waylanders can pay for a membership. Lake Cochituate, which consists of four ponds connected by shallow, narrow waterways, is located in the towns of Natick, Framingham, and Wayland, 16 miles (26 km) west of Boston. Lake Cochituate lies in the Sudbury River Basin; Cochituate means “swift river” in the Algonquin language (Wilbur, 1978) and refers to Cochituate Brook (Schaller and Prescott, 1998), which connects the lake to the Sudbury River. The Sudbury River, via the Concord River, is part of the larger Merrimack River watershed.