Every Lake
ME · depth model
Great Pond
The biggest of the Belgrade Lakes, and the setting behind On Golden Pond.
The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step
- 11 ft · first step
- 23 ft
- 34 ft
- 46 ft
- 57 ft
- 69 ft · bottom
69 ftmaximum depth
13.6square miles of water
6depth layers cut
200roads engraved on the 12"
4towns named
2.0 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 12.7 lb at 30")
The lake
About Great Pond
Great Pond forms the boundary between Rome and Belgrade in central Maine, the largest of the Belgrade Lakes chain at about 8,239 acres. Camps have lined its shore for generations, and Ernest Thompson's visits here inspired his play 'On Golden Pond.' Boating and fishing, especially for bass, are what draw people back every summer, and the lake feeds into the rest of the Belgrade chain on its way toward the Kennebec River.
On the board
- 4 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 200 roads engraved around the shore, 5 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
Why we cut this one
Great Pond is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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