Bear Pond is a lake in Hancock County,

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. It is located less than west of the Washington County border, approximately southeast of the summit of Lead Mountain, and northwest of

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near the town of

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. The inflow to Bear Pond comes primarily from Bear Brook, which drains the southeastern slopes of Lead Mountain, which comprises primarily the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM), an experimental forest. There are two USGS stream gauges on the East and West Branches of Bear Brook. An unpaved road provides access to the BBWM from state route 9 and passes about from the eastern end of the pond. Bear Pond is surrounded by forest and is drained at its western end by the Little Narraguagus River.

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Lakes of Hancock County, Maine Glacial lakes of the United States Lakes of Maine {{Maine-geo-stub