This beautiful little cottage (camp if you are from Maine) is situated on Highland Lake (Duck Pond) in Falmouth, Maine. Highland lake is a 3 mile long private lake with only one public boat launch that is hand carry only. The camp is located on the eastern shore in a cove with the only beach. The lake is perfect for kayaking, canoeing, fishing, swimming, beautiful sunsets and wildlife (bald eagles, loons, turtles, beaver etc).
The camp is only 30 minutes from downtown Portland, Maine. Portland is a great city to explore with museums, parks, shopping and dining. Freeport is 30 minutes away with the outlets and LL Bean but also a great state park, Wolfe’s Neck. There are many antique shops in the area as well as access to shopping plazas and restaurants in the neighboring town of Windham. If you like to hike, you can get to the most eastern portion of the White Mountains in less than 2 hours (beautiful drive even if you do not hike that brings you through the lakes region).
If you just want to relax, the camp has a spacious deck with views of the lake or you can walk down to the beach and go for a swim, kayak or lounge around and read a book. If you like to fish, you will need a license and we can provide the information on how to get one. In the evening come down with a snack and camera to watch one of the beautiful sunsets.
The camp is a quaint 2 bedroom (1double, 2 twin), 1 bath cottage blending the old and the new. The camp has a futon couch that folds out to a double bed. The camp has a tv with cable and wifi and good cell phone coverage. We will provide linens for bed/bath and the kitchen has all the amenities that you would need (dishes, pots/pans, microwave, toaster, coffee machine with filters etc). We also have a gas heating stove to take the chill out of the air and a ceiling fan with a wall full of windows facing the lake to cool you. In each of the rooms we have a small fan that can be placed in the window or a small ceramic heater to take the chill out of the bedrooms. Personal items such as soap, shampoo will need to be brought but we will provide the toilet paper and paper towels. Please bring your own lawn/beach chairs . You can bring your kayak, paddleboard or any other hand carry boat (PFDs are required by Maine law). We also have a canoe with PFDs and horseshoes, if desired to use on the beach. Sorry absolutely no power boats or any pets. There is no access to a washer/dryer(guests that stay longer than 1 week may be allowed use of laundry).