The lake is one of the major headwater lakes of the Androscoggin watershed. Its elevation is 1,518 feet (463 m) above sea level, and its area is about 10 square miles (26 km2). The lake's depth is shallow near the shore, with a central basin averaging about 95 feet (29 m) deep. The maximum depth is 149 feet (45 m).
The lake is primarily in the town of Rangeley, while the southern edge of the lake is in Rangeley Plantation. The town's eponymous village is located on the northeastern shore of Rangeley Lake, at City Cove, while the village of Oquossoc is at the lake's outlet at its northwest end.
Maneskootuk Island (also called Doctors Island) is in the eastern part of Rangeley Lake. In the western part there is a small group of islands collectively called South Bog Islands.
Rangeley Lake Seaplane Baseedit
Rangeley Lake has a designated water landing zone for seaplanes (United States Aerodrome M57 – Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base). This is one of only a very few[citation needed] aerodromes in the world to be serviced by a GPS instrument approach aligned to a water aerodrome, as well as an NDB approach; almost all other instrument approaches are aligned to runways on land surfaces such as pavement, asphalt, gravel, or turf.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Rangeley Lake State Park
Rangeley Lake from its southern edge, inside the State Park
rangeley, lake, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rangeley Lake news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Rangeley Lake located in Franklin County Maine United States is fed by several streams Its waters flow out from the lake s northwestern corner via the short Rangeley River into Mooselookmeguntic Lake then Upper and Lower Richardson Lakes Umbagog Lake and ultimately into the Androscoggin River Merrymeeting Bay the lower Kennebec River the Gulf of Maine and the Atlantic Ocean Rangeley LakePostcard ca 1920Rangeley LakeShow map of MaineRangeley LakeShow map of the United StatesLocationFranklin County MaineCoordinates44 56 50 7 N 70 41 34 6 W 44 947417 N 70 692944 W 44 947417 70 692944TypemesotrophicPrimary outflowsRangeley RiverCatchment area100 square miles 260 km2 Basin countriesUnited StatesSurface area6 302 acres 2 550 ha Average depth60 feet 18 m Max depth149 feet 45 m Water volume291 048 acre ft 359 002 000 m3 Residence time2 6 yearsShore length132 7 miles 52 6 km Surface elevation1 518 feet 463 m 1 Shore length is not a well defined measure The lake is one of the major headwater lakes of the Androscoggin watershed Its elevation is 1 518 feet 463 m above sea level and its area is about 10 square miles 26 km2 The lake s depth is shallow near the shore with a central basin averaging about 95 feet 29 m deep The maximum depth is 149 feet 45 m The lake is primarily in the town of Rangeley while the southern edge of the lake is in Rangeley Plantation The town s eponymous village is located on the northeastern shore of Rangeley Lake at City Cove while the village of Oquossoc is at the lake s outlet at its northwest end Maneskootuk Island also called Doctors Island is in the eastern part of Rangeley Lake In the western part there is a small group of islands collectively called South Bog Islands Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base editRangeley Lake has a designated water landing zone for seaplanes United States Aerodrome M57 Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base This is one of only a very few citation needed aerodromes in the world to be serviced by a GPS instrument approach aligned to a water aerodrome as well as an NDB approach almost all other instrument approaches are aligned to runways on land surfaces such as pavement asphalt gravel or turf 1 2 3 4 5 Gallery edit nbsp Rangeley Lake State Park nbsp Rangeley Lake from its southern edge inside the State Park nbsp Sunset nbsp Rangeley Lake station ca 1910References edit AirNav M57 FAA Terminal Procedures for M57 effective May 16 2024 RNAV GPS C PDF effective 16 May 2024 NDB B PDF effective 16 May 2024 Water Aerodrome Landing Chart PDF effective 16 May 2024 nbsp This Maine state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rangeley Lake amp oldid 1170693453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
