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Sandy River Plantation is a plantation in Franklin County, Maine, United States.The population was 128 at the 2020 census. [2] It is home to the popular Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort and the Rangeley Lakes Nordic Trail Center (although visitors must drive through Dallas Plantation to reach it).
The Sandy River is a 73.3-mile-long (118.0 km) [2] tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds ( 44°53′37″N 70°32′26″W / 44.8937°N 70.5406°W / 44.8937; -70.5406 ( Sandy River source ) ) at an elevation of 1,700 feet (520 m) in Sandy River Plantation
Moose River: Town Somerset 188 40.1 104 1903 Mount Chase: Town Penobscot 187 36.7 95 ... Sandy River Plantation: Plantation Franklin 128 34.1 88 1905 Grand Lake Stream:
Saddleback Mountain is a mountain located in Sandy River Plantation, Franklin County, Maine, near the resort town of Rangeley. Saddleback is one of the highest mountains in the State of Maine, and one of the fourteen with more than 2,000 ft (610 m) of topographic prominence. The mountain is the site of Saddleback ski resort. [3]
Saddleback Maine is a ski resort located in Sandy River Plantation, near Rangeley, Maine, on the northwestern slopes of Saddleback Mountain. It is the largest independent ski area on the east coast, in terms of number of skiable acres (600). It has (6) lifts, (85%) snowmaking percentage, vertical drop (2,000 feet [610 m]), and skier days.
Farmington is drained by Wilson Stream, Temple Stream, Beaver Brook and the Sandy River. The town is crossed by U.S. Route 2 and Maine State Routes 4, 27, 43, 133 and 149. It borders the towns of Industry and New Sharon to the east, Chesterville to the south, Wilton to the southwest, Temple to the west, and Strong and New Vineyard to the north.
But then in 1879, the narrow-gauge Sandy River Railroad opened to Farmington, where the Maine Central Railroad carried freight to further destinations. [4] In 1891, the line became the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad. Although the railroad closed in 1935, a short section has been revived as a tourist attraction and museum. [5]
The narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad connected Farmington and Phillips in 1879. By 1886, town industries included a boot and shoe factory, machine shops, Maine's first cheese factory, [6] a clothespin manufacturer, a maker of cane seat chair bottoms, and an excelsior factory. It was noted as "one of the prettiest villages in the county." [7]