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The state park is located partly in the town of Rangeley and partly in Rangeley Plantation. [3] It is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. [4] The park is 1 of 5 Maine State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 2 minutes and 19 seconds of totality. [5]
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.
This byway follows State Route 17 (SR 17) and SR 4 in the western part of the state which is home to the many lakes and streams for which the region is known. [ citation needed ] The Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway begins on SR 4 outside the town of Rangeley and then continues on SR 17 after wrapping around Rangeley Lake.
Maine State Route 4 runs through the village, leading southeast 40 miles (64 km) to Farmington and west 7 miles (11 km) to Oquossoc village in the western part of the town of Rangeley. State Route 16 joins Route 4 in Rangeley village, running west with it to Oquossoc but leading northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Stratton.
State Route 17 (abbreviated SR 17) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the south central part of the state. It is a major regional route running for 131.21 miles (211.16 km) from an intersection with State Route 4 in Oquossoc to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 1A in Rockland .
Mount Blue State Park is a public recreation area covering 7,489 acres (3,031 ha) in the town of Weld, Franklin County, Maine. [3] The state park 's bifurcated land includes acreage on the west shore of Webb Lake as well as Mount Blue and other peaks to the east of the lake.
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]
Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated 6/24 with a water surface measuring 7,000 x 1,000 feet (2,134 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2010, the airport had 200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month.