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     Maine has many beautiful lakes and Grindstone Pond is one of them. Grindstone Pond is a good spot of common rain; the month of November is the wettest with most of the snow; the driest month is February. Camping at Gilman Pond Campground is always a glorious experience; there's magnificent hiking along the Arnolds Trail. For the duration of the warm months, highs usually are in the 70's at Grindstone Pond while overnight lows are regularly in the 50's. The winter  
   comes with highs in the 20's; after the sun is down during the wintertime temperatures at Grindstone Pond drop into the 0's.
This lake is so wonderful. If you came to camp Deer Farms Camps and Campground is a tremendous spot to do that, and Grindstone Pond is not the only place nearby, Tufts Pond is a nearby lake. Be careful coming to Grindstone Pond, you might not ever wanna return home again. Paddling on Sandy Stream is so much fun, and hiking is a popular
 
               thing to do around Grindstone Pond; Bigelow Range Trail is a splendid local trail. Really pleasant skiing awaits you at Titcomb; don't leave Grindstone Pond without first going for a hike along the Fire Warden Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Wilson Lake Inn is a good location to spend a night or two. You could also explore Shiloh Pond while you're here at Grindstone Pond; it's close by, and you can never get enough of the nice skiing at Sugarloaf USA. Whitewater paddling is magnificent on Carrabasset, and Comfort Inn & Suites is a glorious location to get some rest.

 
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19 miles away
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20 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Grindstone Pond, Franklin County, Maine
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Local climate location: LONG FALLS DAM 8 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.00306
Longitude: -70.20639

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These outdoors activities are available near Grindstone Pond.
 Hotels Near Grindstone Pond:
Comfort Inn & Suites, Wilton, 19 miles away
Wilson Lake Inn, Wilton, 20 miles away
Bingham Motor Inn, Bingham, 23 miles away
Winthrop Motel, Winthrop, 38 miles away
The Perennial Inn, Rumford, 39 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Grindstone Pond:
Deer Farms Camps and Campground, Kingfield, 3 miles away
Gilman Pond Campground, New Portland, 10 miles away
Happy Horseshoe Campground, Somerset County, 11 miles away
Crocker Mountain Cirque Campground, Franklin County, 11 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Grindstone Pond:
Sugarloaf USA, Maine, 4 miles away
      2820 vertical feet
Titcomb, Maine, 17 miles away
      350 vertical feet
Saddleback, Maine, 22 miles away
      1830 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Grindstone Pond:
Carrabasset, Franklin CountyCounty, 2 miles away
      Class I-IV - 10 miles long (Carrabasset to Kingfield)
Sandy Stream, Somerset CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Stony Brook to Michael Stream)
Sandy River, Franklin CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-II - 17 miles long (Phillips to Fairbanks Bridge)
 Trails Near Grindstone Pond:
Fire Warden Trail, Somerset County, 9 miles away
Arnolds Trail, Somerset County, 12 miles away
Bigelow Range Trail, Franklin County, 15 miles away
 Lakes Near Grindstone Pond:
Tufts Pond, Franklin CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Shiloh Pond, Franklin CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Sugarloaf USA
Sugarloaf is awesome, I love it. Great mountain!...

Happy Horseshoe Campground
10 miles away
This campground is a wonderful place for children to go and have a ball. Safe and very very clean campground and restrooms. Lots of activities and friendly staff...

Saddleback
22 miles away
3 PHOTOS
... first time. Novices can now enjoy the panoramic views and ski along the 4000 ft. ridge amongst rime-frosted conifers before descending to the base via the 3.1 mile America and Hudson Highway trails. Intermediates can ski Tri-Color and Green Weaver, a one mile loop, back to the Kennebago Chair.
4 NEW TRAILS
Black Beauty, Frost Bite and Artula (black diamond) were added off the new Kennebago Quad Chair. Hornberg (green circle) is a new easier trail in the South Branch beginner/family area which also provides access to ski-in ski-out trails for the South Branch and Mountain Brook condominiums.
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7 Black Diamond?
Black Beauty (new)
Frost Bite (new)
Artula (new)
Warden?s Worry
Tight Line
Supervisor
Peachy?s Peril
5 Double Black
Mule Skinner
Governor
Intimidator (glades)
Nightmare (glades)
Dark Wizard
(glades)
Plus headwalls down from snowfields Partial view of Eas?s largest self-contained advanced skiing complex.
New at Saddleback for 2008-2009 Season MORE SNOWMAKING
Additional snow guns were added in various ...

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