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Rangeley Lake

Type
Lake or reservoir, Maine (East)
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
1 name it
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Rangeley Lake

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Rangeley Lake is a lake or reservoir in Maine.

More about Rangeley Lake

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife lists 2 species, including brook trout and landlocked salmon. 4 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Rangeley Lakes.

Updated · Sources: Special Fishing Laws: Laws & Rules: Fishing: Fishing & Boating: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Rangeley Lake with a small wooded island under grey clouds, beyond early autumn trees
Photo credit

Rangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

Rangeley Lake is a lake or reservoir in Maine. Our destination hub Rangeley Lakes is 3 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Rangeley Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Rangeley Lake

Check any river's flow

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Maine public boat launches

Rangeley Lake on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Rangeley Lake: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Rangeley Lake, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Rangeley Lake

Restrooms near Rangeley Lake

Restrooms within 2 miles of Rangeley Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of 5 restrooms near Rangeley Lake

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 5 restrooms near Rangeley Lake, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

  1. Restroom

    1.0 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    1.1 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    1.1 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  4. Restroom

    1.3 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  5. Restroom

    1.4 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

What the agency says about seasons (1 quote)

Quoted word for word from the agency page on the date shown. Many quotes name the reach they cover and apply only to that part of the water. Rules change; the linked page is the authority.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
6,300 acres
Watershed
Upper Androscoggin River

Guides and shops near Rangeley Lake

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

1 guide name it on their website

Guides

  • Tonde Guide Service Inc.

    Norridgewock, ME · 44 mi

    Saltwater & ocean charters · Kennebec & Rangeley Lake

    • Unclaimed

    Names this water

  • Grant's Kennebago Camps

    Rangeley, ME · 5 mi

    Lake & stillwater · Beginners & lessons · Kennebago River

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Western Maine Guide Service

    Bethel, ME · 38 mi

    Wade trips · Drift boat · Kennebec & Magalloway

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Kennebec River Angler

    Caratunk, ME · 40 mi

    Float trips · Drift boat · Kennebec & West Branch Penobscot

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

All Maine guides

2 shops nearby

All Maine shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

Rangeley Lakes

About this

Rangeley sits between Rangeley Lake and Mooselookmeguntic Lake in western Maine, with the Kennebago, Magalloway and Rapid rivers draining the same chain of lakes.

Destination hub · 3 mi away in a straight line

Open the hubPlan a trip here

Fish these abroad

About this

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

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Fish it when it's winter here

Southern seasons open while ours close.

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Gear checklist

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A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

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Sources for this page

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Rangeley Lake” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.