Little Long Pond is a pond in

Seal Harbor, Maine Mount Desert is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,146 at the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1789, the town currently encompasses the villages of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harb ...

, United States, at the southern end of Mount Desert Island.Little Long Pond
– Land & Garden Preserve Fed by Jordan Stream, a runoff of

Jordan Pond Jordan Pond is an oligotrophic tarn in Acadia National Park near the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. The pond covers to a maximum depth of with a shoreline of . The pond was formed by the Wisconsin Ice Sheet during the last glacial period. Penobsco ...

, the pond is separated from Bracy Cove at the

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by a narrow

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carrying State Route 3. It is officially called Long Pond, but has been given the ''Little'' prefix to differentiate it from other Long Ponds in the area."Little Long Pond"
– French Hill Pond organization A trail circumnavigates the pond, while an offshoot leads to

Jordan Pond House Jordan Pond House is a restaurant in Seal Harbor, Maine. It is situated at the southwestern corner of the Park Loop Road, overlooking Jordan Pond from its southern shore. Two rôche moutonnées, known as "The Bubbles", provide the backdrop to the ...

. Mostly flat on its eastern side, it rises somewhat from the pond's northern end to around halfway down its western side. Little Long Pond includes 17 acres of meadows, 12 acres of marsh, a bog and nearly 1,000 acres of forest. A

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stands on the eastern shore of the pond. It is possible it was used to serve the farm of Frank Callahan, which stood near the opposite shore in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It has since been demolished.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in ...

purchased the land around the pond for its scenic value, and built in 1914 ''The Eyrie'', a

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atop the hill immediately to the east of the pond. It was torn down in 1962. The land was privately owned until 2015 when, in celebration of his 100th birthday,

David Rockefeller Sr. David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017) was an American investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, a ...

donated it to the Land & Garden Preserve."David Rockefeller plans donation of Little Long Pond Property"
– Maine Coast Heritage Trust, June 3, 2015 There is a parking space either side of the gate and along the northern side of Route 3.

Gallery

File:Route 3 causeway Little Long Pond.jpg, The Route 3 causeway separating Little Long Pond from Bracy Cove File:Little_Long_Pond_1.jpg, Boat house File:Little_Long_Pond_2.jpg, Looking back from the northern end of the pond's trail system File:Little_Long_Pond_3.jpg, View from the former Callahan farm to the boat house File:Callahan farm, Little Long Pond.jpeg, The Callahan farm house, pictured in the 1880s File:The Eyrie, Summer Home of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Seal Harbor, Maine (68201).jpg, The Rockefellers' summer house, ''The Eyrie''

References

Bibliography

*''Little Long Pond: A Field Guide to Four Seasons'', Sam Eliot (2017)

External references

Long Pond, c. 1930
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