June
June is a great time to come to the lake
for fishing. The days are warm and the evenings are
cool. The temperatures are only a few degrees less
than in August but there are fewer visitors to the
lake, making it ideal for fishing.
September
September is a wonderful time to be at
Sunset Lodge. Some say that September has the most
beautiful weather of the year. The crowds are gone
and the lake is quiet. Sailing is beautiful. It is a
great time to visit.
October
October is peaceful and quiet with fall in
the air and color in the trees. You'll need the wood
stove in the evening or sit around a cozy fire.
Available the first two weeks in October, Sunset
Lodge is a good base for viewing fall colors.
Area
Information
Lapping water and the haunting cry of the
loons will lull visitors to sleep after long chats
by a fire, while daytime activities may include a
visit to the sandy beach in Jefferson a mile down
the lake in Damariscotta Lake State Park for hiking,
bird-watching, picnicking and water sports. If
visitors are inclined to leave Sunset Lodge's
lakeside peace, Camden, Rockland, Boothbay, Augusta
and Bath, where you will find antiques, arts,
crafts, and museums, are all close by. One can also
follow the lake down to the Damariscotta River and
on to the Salt Bay and ocean beyond. On the Pemaquid
Peninsula, a half hour's drive away, you will find
the Pemaquid Light House with its Fishermen's Museum
and the picturesque yachts of Christmas Cove. You
can eat lobsters on the deck at Shaw's Fish
& Lobster Wharf and look out on the
working lobster boats moored in New Harbor. Visitors
may also enjoy the picturesque village of
Damariscotta for shopping, eating theater, and music
concerts at the Roundtable Center of the Arts. Craft
fairs and auctions are commonplace in Mid-coast
Maine. But at the end of the day you will be happy
to return to the peace and quiet of Sunset Lodge.
Damariscotta Lake and Sunset Lodge still capture the
hearts of those who vacation here, as they have done
for nearly a century.
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Availability & Rates
Email: sunsetlodgeonlakedamariscotta@gmail.com
- Telephone: (510)524-5277
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The Story behind Sunset Lodge
The charming and rustic Sunset
Lodge, on Lake Damariscotta, is a waterfront
family vacation paradise on private lakefront
property in Midcoast Maine. It started in 1919 as a fishing lodge
with cabins surrounding
the main dining room and kitchen. The Lodge is a
place where families have come for generations to
fish, swim, play and relax.
Lodge & Cabins
Sunset Lodge is a perfect place for
families or larger groups to retreat together from
the crowds and pressure of everyday life. The Lodge
and surrounding four cabins
sit on the waterfront in a grove of trees on a
slight outcropping of land near the widest part of
the lake, where the water deepens quickly
(eventually reaching 114 feet) making it ideal for
fishing and swimming. The property has 510 feet of
water frontage. Originally built in 1919, on an
ideal site for water views and fishing, the
buildings sit close to the water, offering beautiful
views of the lake, the far shore and the stunning
sunsets. Large lawns next to the water are
great for games and the two large docks are ideal
for swimming and boating.
The property includes a large Lodge and
four smaller cabins. The five
bedroom, four bath Lodge has a large common
room where everyone can gather for evening games
or sings, and a smaller living room with fireplace
for more intimate gatherings. There is a newly
remodeled and enlarged kitchen that is well-equipped
for groups. The bedrooms all have lake views. The
four cabins in addition to the lodge make it ideal
for family reunions, retreats and groups who enjoy
vacationing together but also having some privacy.
Each cabin has its own kitchen, bathroom and
screened porch. There is a wonderful outside shower
which provides views of the
lake. The lawn provides plenty of space for
badminton, croquet, shuffleboard,
barbeques and relaxing and contemplating the lake.
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Boating
& Windsurfing
Today, Lake Damariscotta is one of central
Maine's most pristine lakes. Available at the lodge are canoes, and
kayaks, for use from the two docks while motorboats
for fishing or water skiing may be rented in the
area and moored off shore. The lake is a great spot
for windsurfing. Take off from the dock, the lake is
a mile and a half across and twelve miles long.
Great for advanced as well as beginner wind surfers.
Fishing
at Sunset Lodge
Sunset Lodge is fortunate to be located on
Damariscotta Lake, one of the great fishing lakes in
Maine. At over 4,000 acres, it is large enough and
varied enough to please any fisherman, as it has
pleased this fisherman for over thirty years. The
Native American word which gives Lake Damariscotta
its name means “abundance of little fishes.” The
lake sports Brown and Lake Trout, Coho Salmon,
Northern Pike, Pickerel, Smallmouth & Largemouth
Bass and White Perch, among others. It is popular
with fisherman. In the summer, fishermen find salmon
in the deep trench that is several hundred yards off
our beach.
"Take your kids, a few worms, and
motor down only a couple of minutes from the
cabins. Schools of perch feed in the evenings.
Smallmouth and largemouth bass can be found along
the shorelines throughout the lake. If you like to
troll, brown trout, lake trout and land-locked
salmon hide in the deeper parts of great bay,
straight out from the cabins. There are also
large yellow perch, catfish and pickerel. Over
the years, it's been a pleasure to fish this lake.
Come to Sunset Lodge and share the pleasure."
-- Don Dougherty
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gateio
Sunset Lodge is ideal for small retreats,
conferences, or reunions. The best month for this is
September or the first weeks in October because of
availability. The setting is a rustic, charming 1919
fishing camp on the edge of beautiful Lake
Damariscotta, 1 hour from Portland. The lodge
and cabins have
a total of 13 bedrooms that will sleep up to 26
people. The grounds are lovely - level and grassy
for sitting, croquet, or badminton. Parking
is ample and easy. The lodge's 80' long screened
porch overlooks the lake. A big common room is
perfect for group meetings. Each of the units has a
kitchen and bath; the Lodge has a larger well
equipped kitchen
with two refrigerators and two dishwashers. There
are 2 big private docks and a beach for swimming,
fishing, and loon gazing, plus kayaks
and canoes available for an additional
rental fee. The Lodge has high speed internet
with wifi. There is an additional large room for
gatherings and games with pool and ping pong tables.
Birds
at Sunset Lodge
This recording of Loons was
recorded on October 9, 2018 on the dock at Sunset
Lodge.
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TESTIMONIALS
7/7/2022, Beautiful rustic spot right on the lake for family
reunion. Beautiful sunsets, fishing, kids playing at the
beach. Nights around the fire pit roasting s’mores
before the kids ran off to play inthe game room. Fun
for everyone. Cabins are rustic and cozy. Lodge is
more updated with amazing screened in porch and large
kitchen. The property waspretty with flowers in bloom.
Was pleasantly surprised at how much closer cabins
were to each other. Great spot.
9/8/2020, Amazing
property You can’t beat this place it has everything
you need, and it is a beautiful location. A great
getaway, my family truly enjoyed our stay.
9/3/2020, Beautiful
lodge on Damariscotta in Maine.
We
spent a wonderful week at Sunset Lodge on Lake
Damariscotta in August 2020. Vickie, Noah, and Karen
have created abeautiful and welcoming space. We were
three generations together but socially distanced
from the rest of the world. The lodge was perfect -
a large, very well-equippedkitchen, comfortable
bedrooms and bathrooms, 2 large family rooms with
more seating than we needed, and a game room with
ping pong and a pool table thatwere well used during
rainy afternoons. The lake was beautiful with
minimal power boats; we canoed and kayak'd on the
days it did not rain; we saw deer,fish, loons, and
an eagle. The stars were beautiful at night with the
big dipper hanging low above the water. The lodge
feels remote but is close totowns and the coast. We
ate wild mushrooms from the Camden Farmer's market
one night and lobsters from the Round Pond Co-Op
another. Hoping to make the Lodgean annual tradition
in the future
eptember 2, 2019. Charming in every way, this
beautiful group of cabins and lodge is the
perfect place. Our family reunion gathering here
fit perfectly - group meals and gatherings in
the lodge, and up-close lake views and access
from every cabin. Sunset lodge had everything we
needed!
Aug.
27,
2017. Perfect spot in so many ways. Location
is everything here. Good fishing, boating and
relaxing. It's amazing from sunup to sundown. Go
here.
October
5,2014. Our retreat
found a magical place at the Lodge. The
kitchen allowed us to cook for 24, not an
easy thing to hold! There was so much space
for us, it was wonderful.
June 14, 2014 A Perfect Family
Vacation. We rented the whole place for
our family reunion of 18 people. The description was
very accurate- it was a beautiful, private place. It
is so well equipped with games- indoor and outdoor
and swimming, fishing and kayaking. We had beautiful
sunsets every night while we ate on the huge
screened in porch. The kitchen is awesome. The place
is clean and well maintained and the manager was
very accommodating. If you want lobster the fish
market in Damariscotta will cook them for you and
you can bring them back to the lodge for a feast! We
would all recommend this property and hope to come
back again!
October 15, 2012, The Perfect
Rustic Getaway, We had our first stay in the Lakeside
Cabin at Sunset Lodge in late September, 2012, and
I'm already trying to think of times and occasions
when I might return. It is everything a rustic
retreat should and shouldn't be. It's peaceful,
comfortable, and has everything you need for a
restful, contented stay without having any of the
fancy distractions that just add up to so much
busyness. We were two couples and one
twenty-something young adult in the Lakeside Cabin,
and there was plenty of room in this well-equipped
cabin. We were treated to gorgeous sunsets,
blissfully quiet dark nights, and a curious loon who
came near the dock to check us out. Sunset Lodge and
Cabins is a treasure of a place, and I'm thankful
the owners have taken on the enormous task of
preserving this remnant of a bygone era. Their
willingness to continually make upgrades and repairs
gives me hope that visitors like us will have a
chance to enjoy this little piece of heaven for many
years to come.
October 21, 2012, A
Family Tradition Sunset Point has become a tradition
for my family of 4 – our first stay in the Lakeside
Cabin was in 2007, and we've returned every year
since. (That says a lot, because we usually prefer
visiting "new" places instead of repeating our
tracks.) But we can't get enough of this piece of
heaven on earth! The lake views, shoreline, and
sunsets are beyond compare, often with loons calling
in the background, bald eagles soaring nearby, and
an occasional turtle or mink in the foreground. The
setting is incredibly peaceful. The location is
perfect for swimming, fishing, and boating, no
matter what your age. My boys were 5 and 6 during
our first visit, and this year they'll return as 10
and 11 year olds – as eager as ever to find their
seats on the dock and around the campfire. In some
years, their grandparents have joined us too, so we
have three generations sharing time at the lake or
taking easy drives to Damariscotta, Camden, or
Pemaquid Point, where there are restaurants,
museums, bookstores, hiking paths, etc. The cabins
are comfortable and have all that's needed in terms
of basic requirements (hot water, coffee pots,
cooking utensils, blankets, books & games,
etc.). If we're not outside, chances are we're on
the large screen porch, playing games or gazing at
the lake. There's no TV in the Lakeside Cabin (thank
goodness!) and we leave our computers home, so this
is one week of the year when we truly "un-plug" from
the usual fast pace of life and enjoy the
tranquility of the best of Maine. Over the years,
the property owners have made improvements and
upgrades to make things even better for guests
(drinkable water, new bathrooms, new stove, new
docks). It's clear that they love the place, are
good stewards of it, and enjoy sharing it with
others. Whenever we have questions or needs, they
are quick to respond. The only downside is that our
week there always flies by! So when it's time to go,
we cheer ourselves up by thinking about next year…
We're never disappointed and feel so fortunate to
have discovered this lovely place.
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