Long, Round And Bartlett’s Ponds In Livermore Offer Great Places To Get Away From It All
April 9th, 2010 categories: Belgrade Lakes Region, Sebago Lakes Region
Calm, inviting water on Long Pond in Livermore
At the northern reaches of the Sebago Lakes Region are three delightful ponds set in the hilly terrain of Livermore, Maine. Purchase lakefront property on any of the three: Long, Round and Bartlett’s Ponds and you’ll discover a variety of cultural and recreational activities await.
Home of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, Maine’s Paper and Heritage Museum and the Livermore Birthday Party, history and tradition are part of the landscape.
A few weeks ago I mentioned Brettun’s Pond in Livermore. These other three ponds also grace the area with their shimmering water and provide perfect places to get away from it all.
Long Pond is a long, narrow body of water, which its name implies and covers 208 acres. This is a shallow pond with a maximum depth of 18 feet. The water quality is slightly below average. A boat launch maintained by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is located on the west shore off Route 4. Anglers find Long Pond to provide very good habitat for brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch and chain pickerel.
North of Long and Round Ponds, off of River Road, Maple Lane becomes Tolly Wolly Road, and offers a 477-acre area for nature observation managed by the MDIFW. Lisa Kane, Natural Science Educator at Tolla Wolla Wildlife Management Area (WMA), describes the area as, “A lovely piece of property that parallels some of the rockier riffs of the [Androscoggin] River. Large hemlocks, oaks and white pine create a heavy over-story with a sparse, park-like understory on the river side.” Well-used snowmobile and ATV trails maintained by the Livermore Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club run through the WMA, making hiking easily accessible. This is also a deer wintering area and thus is designated Significant Wildlife Habitat under the Natural Resources Protection Act.
Nearby is tiny Bartlett’s Pond, which covers 26 acres, yet has a maximum depth of 26 feet. There is no formal parking or put-in at Bartlett Pond, but it is stocked annually with brook trout. Rainbow smelt are also caught here.
If you are interested in hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, hiking, cross-country skiing, bird watching and other forms of appreciation of our natural resources, or just want to get away from it all, then lakefront property on these three ponds may be just what the doctor ordered. They’re easily accessed from Routes 4, 17 and 133, and not far from Lewiston/Auburn and points beyond, but still a world and lifetime away.
Tom - MrLakefront
