Peabody Pond is shaped like a wide “V” pointed toward the northwest. Paddle the complete shoreline, and you’d cover about six miles. The pond is circled by low ridges and mountains.
Peabody Pond was named for Captain John Peabody, one of the first settlers in the South Bridgton area.
A rocky public boat launch located on the southern end of Peabody Pond, near the outlet.
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Water Quality Monitoring SummaryPeabody Pond surface water chlorophyll (ppb), phosphorus (ppb), and Secchi depth (meters) data comparison. Colored areas represent the long-term range of values, from minimum to maximum. Area thickness indicates frequency of measurements at that value. Area thickness increases as more measurements are reported at that value. The vertical black line represents the long-term average value. The large red dot represents 2025’s average value. The small red dots represent individual readings taken in 2025.
Water Quality overview and methods
2025 as a Year (summary for all lakes)
Winter Water Monitoring Summary2025-2026 data will be available in May
High Resolution Temp. Monitoring SummaryTemperature maps were generated using daily mean temperature values, which help determine temperature across depth and time. Temperature is represented by colored contours, where the red to blue color range corresponds to a high to low temperature range. The vertical bar on the right side of the temperature map indicates the temperature each color represents in degrees Fahrenheit (°F). The horizontal axis shows the months sensors were deployed, while the left-hand vertical axis shows sensor depth (meters) below the water’s surface.
Temperature stratification shows up as areas of the plot where colors change in the vertical direction and contour lines are tilted more towards horizontal (from June through early November). The area where temperature changes most rapidly with depth is often referred to as the thermocline. Vertical contour lines indicate mixed conditions, and areas of a single color from top to bottom (such as late-October into November) indicate completely mixed conditions. Warm, stratified conditions stand out as darker red areas. Large gaps between lines means there is a large temperature difference between depths.
High Resolution Temperature Monitoring Methods and Reading Graphs
Algae Monitoring SummaryGraphs have been included for each test site to visually compare fluorometer, temperature, and oxygen profiles from May through September. The vertical axis (y-axis) indicates depth below the surface, while the horizontal axis (x-axis) represents reported values. Three different parameters are being reported on the same graph, which results in the value units for the horizontal axis varying, based on parameter. Units are noted in parentheses in the legend.
LEA also has active Courtesy Boat Inspection and LakeSmart programs on Peabody Pond and offers technical assistance to landowners through Clean Lake Check Ups.
Peabody Pond is well suited for both warmwater and coldwater fish. Its rocky shorelines and protected coves provide good habitat for bass, yellow perch and chain pickerel. The deep chasm that runs through the center of the pond stays cool during the summer months, giving landlocked salmon, brook trout and lake trout refuge from the warmer waters above. Dissolved oxygen depletion does limit some of this habitat in late summer. The Northwest River, which is the outlet for Peabody Pond, also is a good spawning ground for wild landlocked salmon. Other fish in the pond include hornpout, rainbow smelt, white sucker, fallfish, common shiner, pearl dace, banded killifish and pumpkinseed sunfish.
General fishing laws apply, except: CI (Closed to ice fishing), except that cusk fishing is permitted through the ice from sunset to sunrise with 5 lines. S-2 (Closed to the taking of smelts, except by hook and line), S-3 (Direct tributaries closed to the taking of smelts). Open to open water fishing October 1 – December 31: ALO (Artificial lures only), S-7 (All trout, landlocked salmon, and togue caught must be released alive at once). From January 1 – March 31: All salmon caught while open water fishing must be released immediately without removal from the water.
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