Great Pond’s story
Great Pond in pictures
1 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
Explore the history →Great PondME
A town of 42.
Population
42
residents
Median home value
$198K
Census ACS
Household income
$22K
median
Median age
68.5
years
Land area
40 sq mi
Small town
42 people, and everyone knows the way
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Climate
Four seasons, pleasant summers
Great Pond has cold winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 9°.
79°summer high
Typical low → high °F
Winter12–31°
Spring31–52°
Summer54–77°
Fall38–57°
Sep 28
typical first frost
May 13
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
79°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards
High risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
63risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHurricanesDrought
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health
How healthy Great Pond is
Great Pond beats the Maine average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
32 measures vs. Maine
2 better22 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Great Pond | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 14.8% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.9% | 76.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.6% |
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
23.8 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors
1.9% of Great Pond is conserved land
21 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.
1.9%conserved
1.9%
conserved · 481 of 25,368 acres
21 mi
of trails · 0.5 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
About Great Pond
Town in Maine, United States
Great Pond is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 61 at the 2020 census. Gleason Archer Sr. (1880–1966), the founder and first president of Suffolk University in Boston, was born in Great Pond. He was also the author of many legal textbooks.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Population
- 61
- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 289 ft
- Area code
- 207