The Belgrade Lakes village is a one-street settlement on a strip of land between two lakes, with a handful of shops and restaurants and a couple of nationally protected historic buildings. The real point of being here is to be on or beside the water — fishing for bass on Great Pond, paddling the channel between Great Pond and Long Pond, swimming off the public beach at Belgrade Lakes Village, or hiking the conservation lands on the hills above Long Pond. The golf course on Snow Pond Hill is well known among New England golfers for its views.