Nature’s Splendor Reflected on Crystal Lake in Gray, Maine
Lakefront Properties For Sale on Crystal Lake, Gray
The serpentine shoreline of Little Sebago Lake is fun to explore via canoe, kayak, paddleboat, or powerboat. Little Sebago, located just east of its much larger brother, Sebago Lake, actually consists of three distinct basins, northern, middle and southern. Numerous tributaries lead into the lake.
Lakefront Properties For Sale on Little Sebago Lake, Gray
NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office is located in Gray and issues forecasts and severe weather warnings for Maine and New Hampshire. Check their Web site before you make outdoor plans.
Getting out to play is easy in Gray! Libby Hill Forest Trails include six miles of multi-purpose recreational trails. The Spring Meadows Golf Club is one of Maine’s best 18-hole championship courses. And the Maine Wildlife Park is fun place to for all ages to explore–the park serves as a permanent home for wildlife that has been orphaned or injured and can’t return to the wild.
Other interesting places to spend some time include The Barn on 26 Antiques, Fiddlehead Art and Science Center and the Gray Historical Society. On the National Register of Historic Places are the following: Dry Mills Schoolhouse–an 1857 one-room schoolhouse, which now serves as a living history museum; Pennell Institute or Pennell School, which now houses the Gray Town Office and Stimson Memorial Hall.
Facts of interest: Along Collyer Brook, in 1791 Samuel Mayall established the first successful water-powered woolen mill in North America. You can see the ruins on Megquire Road. And . . . in the Village Cemetery is buried Gray’s Unknown Confederate Soldier. His marker reads, “Stranger.”
Being at the crossroads of Maine, it’s 15 minutes to LL Bean, 25 minutes to Sebago Lake, and one hour to Sunday River Ski Area. You’ll find the mountains and ocean just a short drive away. Gray is only 25 minutes from Portland and just over two hours from Boston.
Purchase waterfront property in Gray, Maine, where you’ll be “At the Heart of it All.”
Gray Town Office, 24 Main Street, Gray, 04039
phone: 207.657.3339, fax: 207.657.2852
Named f0r Thomas Gray, a proprietor
Incorporated: June 19, 1778
Square miles: 46
Population: about 7,500
Fire: 207.657.3931
Emergency: 911
Schools: MSAD 15
Gray Public Library: 207.657.4110
Gray Recreation: 207.657.2327
To learn more about lakefront properties for sale on these two lakes, click on the green boxes above.
To learn more about other lakes that also feature superior bass fishing, check out the blog links below.
World Class Bass Fishing on Cobbosseeconte, one of Maine’s Top Lakes
Lake Annabessacook in Monmouth and Winthrop, Maine: Home of Trophy Bass