Peaceful Haven found on Rock Haven Lake, Mirror Lake and Shapleigh Pond in Newfield, Maine
November 20th, 2011 categories: Sanford Lakes Region
Find your piece of heaven on Mirror Lake in Newfield, Maine
Let your next family getaway be on one of the these three ponds in Newfield, Maine: Rock Haven Lake, Mirror Lake and Shapleigh Pond. You’ll find your little piece of heaven at your waterfront vacation or retirement home.
Rock Haven Lake covers a surface of 210 acres and has a depth of 22 feet. The water quality is average. Rock Haven Lake offers an excellent fishery for brook trout, which forage on an abundant population of juvenile perch and minnows. There is no public access, though there is a canoe/carry-in access at the outlet.
Rock Haven Lake was originally called Adams Pond, named Reverend John Adams, the community’s first minister who arrived in 1780 to establish the first Congregational church in town.
Another small pond is the 32-acre Mirror Lake, also known as Turner Pond. With a depth of 14 feet, its principal fisheries are pickerel and smallmouth bass. The water quality of Mirror Lake is average. Along its shoreline you’ll find traditional Maine camps and cabins nestled in the woods.
Shapleigh Pond is the mid-size pond of these three at 80 acres. It has a maximum depth of 10 feet. Shapleigh Pond is an old impoundment on the Little Ossipee River and access is available at the outlet. Anglers enjoy catching largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, white perch and chain pickerel.
You can enjoy all the seasons when you own a lakefront property on any of these three ponds. Boating, fishing, hiking, snowshoeing, x-country skiing, geocaching, snowmobiling–you’ll be able to do it all right from the door of your cabin, cottage or camp.
And nearby is the 19th century Willowbrook Village, which will take you back to “life the way it used to be.” For golfers, Province Lake Golf Club is only seven miles from the center of Newfield.
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