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Martin Meadow Pond, Lancaster
Coordinates: 44.440462, -71.5970957 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Martin Meadow Pond
Martin Meadow Pond is located in the Town of Lancaster, New Hampshire. It is a spring fed Pond, approximately 118 acres of irregular shape, with a major east-west axis of 3 km and a north-south axis of 0.5 km at the widest points. The deepest point is approximately 9 meters. It is surrounded by Mt. Orne, Mt. Pleasant, and Mt. Prospect to the north and east, which form the watershed for the Pond. The Presidential Range of the White Mountains lies at a distance to the southeast. The shoreline is all privately owned and populated by a number of seasonal residences.

The Pond was used by settlers in the early 1700's as a source for hunting, fishing, and trapping. The Town History book talks about an early gold mine, somewhere in the area, which apparently never flourished.

We have a diverse fish and wildlife population, in and around the Pond. The State stocks the Pond annually with trout. There is a native population of bass, pickerel, and perch.

We have nesting pairs of Loon, Osprey and Great Blue Heron. Occasionally, a Bald Eagle is spotted soaring high over the Pond. Beaver reside in a hut in the inlet and are often seen paddling along the shoreline to/from their "work". Large game animals are often seen in the area: moose, black bear, deer and wild turkey.

MMPA Kayak Weed Watcher Team monitors the Pond for invasive weeds (milfoil, etc.), In an effort to maintain the Pond in it's pristine condition, under the NHVLAP (Volunteer Lake Assessment Program), the MMPA-VLAP team samples the Pond at various sites, to determine areas which may need remediation. To date, test results tell us that the water quality is well within State guidelines on chemical parameters: Phosphorus, Chloride, and biological/physical parameters such as Chlorophyll, Phytoplankton, pH, conductivity, dissolved 02 and turbidity. No significant results have been found for pathogenic organisms, although an algae bloom was noted in Sept. '07, which did not reappear in '08. From Martin Meadow Pond Association website

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