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Moosehead Lake, Maine Guide |
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Still as beautiful as when
Henry David Thoreau visited in the mid-1800s,
Maine's largest lake attracts a variety of
visitors year round.
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Moosehead Lake, at an elevation of 1029 feet (314 meters) in west-central Maine, is the largest lake in the largest state in New England, with118 square miles (305 square km) of surface area. It is the source of Maine's Kennebec River. Forty miles long and 10 miles wide at its widest points, Moosehead's 281-mile-long (452-km) shoreline and 80 islands provide plenty of room for all sorts of land-and-water activities. Mount Kineo's 700-foot (213-meter) cliffs rise right from the lake opposite Greenville ME—a dramatic introduction to the lake as you approach from the south along ME Route 6. In the mid-1800s, Henry David Thoreau explored interior Maine with an Indian guide, and traveled about Moosehead Lake as his guides hunted the plentiful moose of the area. Hunters and fishers have favored the Moosehead region ever since, but today visitors come to hike, camp, swim and sail in summer, and to ski cross country, snowshoe, snowmobile and fly small planes in winter. The Birches Resort on Moosehead Lake, Maine, 31 miles (50 km) east of Jackman along ME Routes 6 & 15, then north from Rockwood (map), is the complete northern Maine summer and winter resort. More...
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Above, vast expanse
of Moosehead
Lake in winter.
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