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The Belgrade Lakes are a chain of lakes around Belgrade, Maine. The flow sequence is from East Pond to North Pond to Great Pond to Long Pond to Messalonskee Lake and thence via Messalonskee Stream to the Kennebec River at Waterville . [ 2 ]
Belgrade is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. Its population was 3,250 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] However, its population approximately doubles during the summer months [ citation needed ] as part-year residents return to seasonal camps on the shores of Great Pond , Long Pond and Messalonskee Lake.
Messalonskee Lake is a body of water in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine. It is bordered by the towns of Oakland, Sidney, and Belgrade. The lake is a 9 miles (14 km) long, narrow, natural creation, resulting from continental collision and glacial scouring. A dam originally built in the town of Oakland in 1905 increased the lake's size.
The qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than 10 acres (40,000 m 2). This makes it legally a great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) prior to damming, smaller than 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) afterwards, and entirely ...
Great Pond's waters flow out to the east through a Great Pond Storage Dam and a short section of Belgrade Stream, into Long Pond, near the village of Belgrade Lakes. The town of Rome is located at the north end of Great Pond. Most of Great Pond is located in the town of Belgrade.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Lakes of Maine" ... Belgrade Lakes; Big Lake (Maine) Brandy Pond; C. Caratunk, Maine ...
State Route 8 (SR 8) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from U.S. Route 201 (US 201) at Memorial Circle in Augusta, to an intersection with US 201 in Solon. SR 8 is 51.6 miles (83.0 km) long. SR 8 goes north from Augusta through the Belgrade Lakes region, running concurrently with Routes 11 and 27 to Belgrade.
The northern part of Mount Vernon is considered to be part of the Belgrade Lakes Region. [26] The region is a popular recreation area in central Maine, with over three dozen Lakes and ponds offering a variety of boating, hiking, cycling, camping and fishing opportunities. The area is also home to numerous shoreline events, concerts and festivals.