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The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor

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Side of the house with the screened in porch.
The fire pit and front corner of the house with the screened in porch beyond.
The front and kitchen entry side of the house.
The fire pit!
The back corner of the house, looking to the front yard.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 61600 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Dryer
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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Bristol, ME
  • Place, Penobscot Marine Museum
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Place, La Verna Preserve
    ‪15 min drive‬
  • Place, Biscay Pond
    ‪17 min drive‬
  • Airport, Rockland, ME (RKD-Knox County Regional)
    ‪62 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

2 Twin Beds

Bedroom 1

2 Twin Beds

Master Bedroom

1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Downstairs Bathroom

Toilet

Master Bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Shared Bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor

Tucked into the woods of Round Pond, one of Maine's most beloved working harbor villages, The Round Pond Getaway at Moxie Cove is your base for the best of Midcoast Maine. Walk five minutes to the water, spend evenings around the fire pit, and wake up to nothing but birdsong on the screened porch. Pemaquid Lighthouse, fresh lobster at Muscongus Bay, and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens are all within easy reach.

The space:
The house is bright and thoughtfully stocked. There are windows on three sides of the living room, a fully updated kitchen with all new appliances, and enough space for a group of six to be together or find their own corner. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Downstairs, the screened porch opens to a big yard perfect for badminton, frisbee, and wiffle ball, and one genuinely great fire pit.

We've had this house in our family since 2003 and we take care of it like it. You'll find it spotless, well-stocked, and full of little extras you didn't know you needed. We also leave a little welcome basket stocked with pasta, sauce, snacks, and a few surprises to get your stay off to a great start.

Guest access:
The whole house is yours. The basement and fireplace are the only off-limits areas.

Please tell us a bit about your visit and who will be joining you when you request to book. It helps us to set up the house for your visit. Thanks!
Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees.

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 1 total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks, and take out the trash
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Use of the fireplace is not allowed

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

About the neighborhood

Round Pond

Located in Round Pond, this vacation home is by the sea. Penobscot Marine Museum and Pemaquid Craft Co-op are local attractions and those in the mood for shopping can visit Damariscotta Farmer's Market and Boothbay Farmers' Market. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum and The Boothbay Playhouse are also worth visiting. Be sure to check out the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Bristol, ME

What's nearby

  • Penobscot Marine Museum - 11 min drive - 7.5 km
  • La Verna Preserve - 15 min drive - 6.8 km
  • Biscay Pond - 17 min drive - 10.8 km
  • Rachel Carson Salt Pond Preserve - 19 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Jan Kilburn Watercolor Studio and Gallery - 20 min drive - 16.8 km

Getting around

  • Wiscasset, ME (ISS) - 38 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Bristol Diner - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Shaw's Fish & Lobster Wharf - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Round Pond Coffee - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Pemaquid Seafood - ‬19 min drive
  • ‪Muscongus Bay Lobsters - ‬4 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total).

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is The Round Pond Getaway. Screened Porch · Fire Pit · Walk to Harbor located?

Situated by the sea, this vacation home is within 6 mi (10 km) of La Verna Preserve, Penobscot Marine Museum, and Rachel Carson Salt Pond Preserve. Biscay Pond and Pemaquid Craft Co-op are also within 9 mi (15 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Luke C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
A fantastic stay in a beautiful house.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

ANTHONY D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
It was the 2nd time my wife and I stayed at this location. Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sandy S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Clean, well stocked, lovely decor, quiet location, comfortable beds.Great location for sightseeing and lobster pounds.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cathleen J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This house is just perfect. It feels like you are home. The kitchen has all you could need for cooking/baking. The table is wonderful for sitting around for a meal or talking over coffee. The beds are very comfortable and each room is decorated nicely. The wrap around porch is so inviting! Hawaiian flag is a must for some history look up. We had one question and Emily got right back to us. We hope to get back up over the spring/summer. Round Pond is a beautiful area. This home all should stay at if in area.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

sherry t.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

cute place

Very cute place clean and neat.lovely location.roomy and modern
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John and Dee D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

great vacation rental

Great house and location. Everything was as described in the listing. Would gladly rent again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dennis B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

First visit to Round Pond

Family lived next door. Great visit
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew O., Charleston, SC

Perfect Maine Retreat!

We loved our stay at the Round Pond Getaway! Our only regret is that we didn’t stay longer. Quiet and secluded, but just a short drive to the adorable Round Pond community. Hope to return someday!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Niki D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Maine trip

The Getaway at Moxie Cove was just perfect for our family road trip. We had never been to Maine before and this was a great location. The house is beautiful and the yard was great for the kids to play. There was a lighthouse only 20 minutes away and the village of Round Pond was a quick 5 minutes away.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

victoria m.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

The house is warm, user friendly and very comfortable. The location is beautiful, quiet, and offers the opportunity to enjoy the best of mid-coast Maine. Thank you.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

amanda g.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Round Pond Visit

This cozy cottage was the perfect weekend getaway for our family! Our host provided the cutest welcome basket with tasty treats and morning coffee. The house is adorable and has just about everything you need! The yard is huge and was the perfect play area for some visiting nieces & nephews. The fire pit is great for late night s’mores. The location is ideal for quick trips around the area. 100% would recommend and hope to return again soon!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronni B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The best VRBO we have rented

This house was very comfortable, clean and stocked with everything we needed for cooking. We had a welcome basket and Emily made it easy to reserve and check in. We had no problems. We enjoyed the big yard and sports and the screened porch for the rainy buggy days. We will be back. Thank you
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth Terry L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

What a nice house

A girls week in Maine was accomplished by renting this very well-appointed home. The description was accurate but seemed better when we were there to enjoy it. The eat-in kitchen was probably where we spent the most time. It was full of natural light and a large table with comfortable seating. In the evenings we enjoyed watching the large screen tv. This house is in the country and set back from the road but not too far. It would be a great place for a small family as the outside is spacious for children to play.Though you have to drive everywhere, it's closest to the charming town of Round Pond. Ro's was good for dinner one night. If you like a hearty breakfast we recommend Deb's Diner in Bristol. We ate there twice. Damariscotta has many nice restaurants. Oh and make sure you go to Round Top ice cream at least once! Yummm!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Donna P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Round Pond home in the woods

Loved the location of this home. Close to Round Pond but off the beaten path. The house was so cute and spacious. We loved the beautiful kitchen which had everything we needed to cook meals. Plenty of dishes and glass ware. All kinds of charm at every corner. Books, beautiful artwork, games, washer and dryer. Was wonderful. Saw some deer and wild turkeys. When we visit again will definitely see if we can stay here again! Thank you!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

gloria J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding weekend

This property is located within easy access to our wedding events in Nobleboro, South Bristol, and New Harbor. The house is comfortably well appointed with great kitchen supplies and even outer wear in case of inclement weather! It is also immaculately clean!❤️ I wanted to stay at the house to browse the generous book collections but with 4 events to attend over 4 days that was impossible. Upon arrival, We were quickly getting ready for a family dinner and my sister locked herself outside when she went to the car to collect a bag. I couldn’t hear her knocking because I was upstairs in the bathroom with the fan on. May I suggest the owners install a doorbell? My sister, an international traveler, started that this property is the best rental house she has ever stayed in!! Book now!!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

LOVED this place!

We just got home from a Maine trip during which we stayed at 2 different VRBO places. The first was pretty nice, a quaint little place in Portland. But the Round Pond Getaway was GREAT as far as we're concerned. Nice serene location, great home base for day trips. VERY roomy inside and BIG table in kitchen corner with window seats around it that fit everyone for meals and for just hanging out all together. Big TV room offered good separation from kitchen and bedrooms upstairs for when diff. groups wanted to do diff. things or go to bed. Great porches outside (one side screened in and other sides open) were nice, especially if it rained. Good sized open spaces for kids to play outside on all 4 sides of the house (and separately when necessary!) House was very clean all around and has 3 bathrooms (2 upstairs, 1 in master bedroom). Checkin and checkout were as smooth as can be. We didn't have much contact with the owner/property manager. (Didn't need to.) But the communication we did have was excellent too. We recommend this place and will book it again if we return to Maine.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Billie H., Duluth MN

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely home

We loved our stay in Maine and at the Round Pond home. The house was well supplied, quiet, and very clean. We were a bit sad that the home wasn't as close to a beach as we had thought. We enjoyed the serenity of the location and the beautiful woods of Maine.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Heather B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Magical place

This house is perfect. It is clean, comfortable and has everything to feel like home. Round pond is a special place.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stan M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property everything you need.

Home was very clean and has everything you need for your stay. Communications with owners was easy and complete. We would definitely recommend this place and would stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mark R., Galesburg,IL, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Country Home Near Pemaquid Point

Our group of friends really enjoyed our stay at this cozy and enjoyable home in the forest near Pemaquid Point. We definitely recommend this home for a stay in the area. Was immersed in the woods, but with reasonable access to the surrounding areas. Definitely stay here!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home away from home

Everything was excellent. The kitchen was well equipped, the bedrooms were comfortable and the open deck as well as the screened in porch made for wonderful gatherings. There were five of us and there was plenty of room to be together or be alone if that's what you wanted.

10/10 Excellent

Susan B., Watertown MA, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Great place and beautiful area
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christopher B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

An Ideal Home Base in Mid-Coast Maine

We found the house just as nice or nicer than the description and photos represented. It's stylishly furnished and the cook of our household appreciated quality details like the All-Clad cookware and the granite countertops. Both of us took advantage of relaxing on the broad front porch and the screened-in porch, each with views of the active hummingbird feeders. Emily was incredibly responsive to the minor issues we encountered and resolved everything to our satisfaction. We ventured as far north as Camden and as far south as Bath on our day trips and were always glad to come back for the evening to such a comfortable location. One night we used the Adirondack chairs for stargazing--with a great view of the Milky Way overhead and maybe 20 shooting stars. The house was definitely one of the best parts of our Maine vacation this year.

10/10 Excellent

Ewen R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home away from home!

If you are looking for a rental that has all the amenities of your home, but in Maine, then this listing is for you! It was an excellent location to explore all that Pemaquid has to offer. The Pemaquid lighthouse and beach were excellent locations to visit- we went to the beach three times! I highly recommend going to the Bristol Dam Swimming hole - we went every day. It is a great place to cool down and to wash the salt water off, and is right on the main road! Emily was very responsive when we had questions, and provided a lot of suggestions on what to see and do while in the area. We thoroughly enjoyed our week in Maine at Moxie Cove.

10/10 Excellent

Laura G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

This property was perfect! The location was beautiful and it had everything one would need. All you need to do is show up with food and your personal items. My son was getting married at a venue close by so I rented this property for myself and some of my out-of-town family members. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed staying there. I would love to rent it again sometime when I can actually stay there and enjoy the many books, games, and fire pit. I did get a chance to enjoy having an early morning cup of coffee out on the beautiful screened in porch!

About the host

Hosted by Emily Simons

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I am a graphic designer and I live in Cambridge, MA with my husband and 2 kids. I have been visiting the coast of Maine since I was an infant and much of my family lives nearby and visits frequently. We've had this wonderful house in our family since 2003 and when we aren't there, we want to open it up for you to enjoy as well!

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