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Belgrade Lakes Country Club
Ladies Delight Light
The Bowl at Snow Pond
RISING STAR:
SNOW POND
From the water you might miss it.
But between the pine trees you can
spy one of America’s grandest outdoor
performance venues—the Bowl in
the Pines amphitheater at Snow Pond
Center for the Arts in Sidney. With
Alumni Hall and an in-the-works
performing arts center, Snow Pond is
well on its way to becoming Maine’s
premiere performance venue.
Additionally, each winter, in partner-
ship with the Alfond Youth Center,
Snow Pond plays host to the exciting
Maine Pond Hockey Classic.
SnowPond.org
BELGRADE LAKES LADIES DELIGHT
Couple the beauty of Great Pond and
the breathtaking sunsets over Long
Pond with a longstanding tradition of
“summering in Maine.” Add in the
familiar thwack of a screen door and
the bubbly sounds of laughter filtering
up from the shore, and you have a
complete picture of time spent on one
of the seven interconnected Belgrade
Lakes. Plus, surprising yet delightful
events, spectacular autumn-hued
views from the Mt. Phillip Trail, and a
full moon midnight snowshoe hike onto
the ice create a year-round destination
that feels perfectly untouched. Set on a small rocky shoal at the north
end of the narrow and rocky Lake
Cobbosseecontee is the only active
inland light, flashing every night of the
year. The lighthouse was commissioned
by the local yacht club, then designed
and built by the Boston firm of Frank
Morse. Located in the lake’s North Bay,
the lighthouse was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1984. Having undergone multiple
restorations, the light is now the
Crown Jewel of the Cobbossee. Tours of
the lake, including the light, can be
arranged at the lake’s marina.
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