Taken from an overlook on The Mountain, this photo shows Long Point in Long Pond and the Kennebec Highlands beyond. More…
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On the Cover
2023: Welcome to Recreationland
Recreationland: totally Maine, totally Belgrades, totally the right place at the right time. As simple as a few sunny moments sitting at a picnic table in a peaceful park or as strenuous as an epic day-long climb up a challenging mountain trail, recreation lends itself to all levels of exertion. More…
Editorial
Welcome Letter
There’s something so exciting about the arrival of spring: the first angler of the season on a back-road bridge, the first robin plucking a worm from a seemingly lifeless lawn, the first flowers braving the weather to add color and life to the landscape. There’s something exciting about these same old signs that summer lies ahead. More…
Books
A New Book of Old Images of the Belgrades
Dozens of outstanding historic photos fill Eric Hooglund’s The Belgrades Lakes Region. From the Images of America series, the seven-chapter book invites both page-by-page reading and random thumbing through in search of a personal connections or the answers to long-held questions. More…
Dams Report
Getting Back to Summer Water Levels
Our ponds are still reeling from the May 1 storm, which brought 5½″ of rain in less than 24 hrs. Long Pond came up 18″ over a three day period!! Great Pond’s Village dam is still a whopping 5.40″ above full pond. Long Pond and its Wings Mill dam is 3.84″, also above full pond. More…
Call of the Loon
First Call of the Third Season
Welcome to another summer in the Belgrades and the third year of “Call of the Loon”! The Belgrade Lakes Association is into its fifth year of its Loon Preservation Project. More…
Barkley On Books
The Lake Where Loon Lives
The Lake Where Loon Lives is a whimsically, brightly drawn, children’s book by Maine author Brenda Reeves Sturgis. Also, it is illustrated by a Maine artist, Brook Carlton. More…
On the Trail
A Hike Up “The Mountain”
The 7 Lakes Alliance, and the Belgrade Lakes Association jointly own 207 acres on The Mountain, which rises 665′ high along the western shore of Great Pond in Rome. The property has a network of mostly easy hiking trails. More…
Take It Outside
Welcome Back!
Greetings to the greater Belgrade Lakes Community! Like last year, this winter seemed to come and go, with snow followed by melting, rain, and then more snow and cold. The ice went out in the second week of April, followed by a cool, windy spring. More…
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