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Deering Pond

Sanford, Maine — York County.

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25Surface acres
0.5 miShoreline trails

Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 141031974).

Location & fast facts

Where Deering Pond is in Maine

The red circle marks Deering Pond.

Fast facts

About Deering Pond

  • County: York
  • Town: Sanford
  • Note: part of Maine's unorganized territory (no town government)
  • Mapped as: Lake or pond (USGS National Hydrography Dataset)
  • Distance: about 31 mi from Portland and 137 mi from Bangor, straight-line (not driving distance)

Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.

Fishing in Maine

Official Maine IF&W pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.

Lake map

Deering Pond shoreline

0.1 mileN

No public access sites are listed for this water in the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches data.

Shoreline trail

Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 141031974), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches. Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

0.5 miTrail within 60 m of shore
About 45%Of the shoreline
NoLoops the whole lake
North, south and west shoresWhere

OpenStreetMap shows about 0.5 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 60 m (200 ft) of the Deering Pond shoreline, mostly along the north, south and west shores.

Trails along the shore

Trailheads & parking

The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.

Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 60 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.

Campgrounds near Deering Pond

We found 6 campgrounds and RV parks within 15 miles of Deering Pond. Distances are straight-line from the nearest point on the shoreline, so driving distance is longer.

All campgrounds & RV parks in Maine

Green tent icons on the lake map mark campgrounds near the shore, and the interactive map shows the closest 12. Amenities are listed only where a source records them; call or check the campground's website before you go, since seasons and rates change every year.

Campground data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Pulled Oct 12, 2026.

Conditions right now

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Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (43.4670, -70.8221). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Deering Pond. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Sun & moon at Deering Pond

Best fishing times

Major periodMinor periodDaylight

    Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.

    Fish you can catch

    Brook Trout ★Landlocked salmon ★

    ★ = stocked recently (see Stocking). No machine-readable species survey is published for this water; the list shows stocked fish only.

    2026 stocking

    2 stocking trips so far in 2026, 1,050 fish in total.

    DateSpeciesFishSize
    Apr 28, 2026Brook Trout75010 in
    May 14, 2026Landlocked salmon3006 in

    Maine IF&W 2026 year-to-date stocking report (PDF)

    Matched to this water by name and town. Pulled Oct 10, 2026.

    Contact & official info

    Lakes & ponds nearby

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