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 Lakehouse.com - Maine Lake Property - Moosehead Lake
Moosehead Lake is located on a nature preserve in the northern part of Maine.
The lake opens to fishing on May 1st, but usually the ice isn't totally out until mid May. The special liberal regulations on lake trout include a 3 fish bag limit, only one greater than 18", all 3 may be between 14 and 18".
Lake fishing is also on the surface in the spring with the same methods being used as river fishing and favorite spots being where streams flow into the lake.
www.lakehouse.com /maine/moosehead.htm   (843 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Moosehead Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Moosehead Lake Region encompasses 4,400 square miles (11,000 km²) of West Central Maine, and includes 127 townships plus Moosehead Lake.
During the last glacial era more than 1,200 natural lakes and ponds were carved into its landscape, varying in size from one acre (4,000 m²) ponds to Moosehead, at 74,890 acres (303 km²) Maine's largest lake, and one of the largest natural freshwater lakes in the United States.
The total area of all standing surface waters in the region is more than 238,000 acres (963 km²) - 24% of the total area of lakes and ponds in Maine.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Moosehead-Lake   (1032 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake --  Encyclopædia Britannica
lake, located in west-central Maine, U.S. Moosehead is the largest of the state's many lakes, its waters covering an area of 120 square miles (310 square km).
Moosehead Lake (120 square miles [310 square km]), one of the hundreds of lakes and ponds in the county, is the state's largest lake.
The lake is irregularly shaped, with Saginaw Bay indenting the coast of Michigan.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9053643?tocId=9053643   (947 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Maine Outdoor Recreation
All-Terrain Vehicle Riding The Moosehead ATV Riders is a local club that offers a well marked trail system up the west side of Moosehead Lake.
Snowmobiling With hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails, the Moosehead Lake Area is a sledder's paradise.
With the Moosehead Lake Region situated between these premier whitewater rivers, the area is a perfect spot for the river enthusiast to stay.
www.mooseheadlake.org /recreation.shtml   (745 words)

  
 Moosehead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
South and east of Moosehead the region is drained by the Piscataquis and Sebec rivers.
The North and South Branches of the Penobscot, to the northwest of Moosehead, comprise the headwaters of the West Branch.
Rainbow Lake, one of the few large lakes left in Maine not accessible by road, is home to the blueback trout as well as to wild population of brook trout.
www.fishing-in-maine.com /Moosehead.htm   (2564 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake, ME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This past Labor Day weekend was spent with family and friends on the shores of Moosehead Lake in Rockwood, Me. Moosehead Lake is located on the southern end of the wilds of northern Maine.
The lake itself is some 40 miles long and branches out in every direction and shape, somewhat like the head of a moose.
With the mist rising of the water, I gingerly slipped one of the canoes into the lake and eased away from the pebbly beach.
www.hpcanoes.bizland.com /articles/destinations/moosehead.html   (728 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This, the largest lake in Maine (40 miles long, with more than 300 miles of shoreline and some 300 islands), is about two-and-a-half hours from Portland.
Greenville, at the lake's southern tip, was once a resort area with grand hotels, similar to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
The mountain is on a peninsula in the center of Moosehead Lake.
www.bostonphoenix.com /supplements/summer/01/listings/NAT_MAINE_NOME_MOOSEHEAD_LAKE.html   (381 words)

  
 Activities in the Moosehead Lake Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Moosehead Lake offers almost every lake activity imaginable amidst serene beauty.
Kayaking - Drive out to a remote 'pond' (anywhere else they'd be called lakes but since they pale in size to Moosehead Lake, the locals call them ponds) and kayak in pristine wilderness.
Both are along The shores of Moosehead Lake and you may just see a red fox cross the fairway.
www.blairhill.com /activities.html   (741 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake : Introduction | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Thirty-two miles long and 5 miles across at its widest, Moosehead Lake is Maine's largest lake, a great destination for hikers, boaters, and canoeists.
The lake was historically the center of the region's logging activity, a history that preserved the lake and kept it largely unspoiled by development.
Greenville is the de facto capital of Moosehead Lake, scenically situated at the southern tip.
www.frommers.com /destinations/mooseheadlake/2243010001.html   (362 words)

  
 Moosehead Motel: Rockwood, Maine in the Moosehead Lake Region.
Moosehead Motel: Rockwood, Maine in the Moosehead Lake Region.
Moosehead Lake, Maine's largest lake, is forty miles long, twenty miles wide with over 350 miles of shoreline and covers over 117 square miles of water.
Experience the breathtaking beauty along hiking trails and be swept away by the magnificence of towering Mt. Kineo with its shear 700 foot rise above the deepest part of Moosehead Lake.
www.maineguide.com /moosehead/motel   (418 words)

  
 Greenville Maine Vacations, Moosehead Lake Cabin Rentals, Maine Lodging
Our Moosehead Lake, Maine cabin rentals are located in Sandy Bay on the shore of beautiful Moosehead Lake, in the heart of the fabled Northern Maine woods.
We are committed to providing a memorable Moosehead Lake, New England vacation travel experience for our guests by offering quality Maine cabin lodging vacation rentals in a scenic, lakeside mountain vacation setting where you can experience the beauty of nature and refresh your spirit.
For year-round New England cabin vacations – winter, spring, summer or fall – The Cozy Moose near Greenville, Maine on Moosehead Lake, the gateway to the Northern Maine Woods is your four season lake vacation getaway destination.
www.mooseheadcabins.com   (783 words)

  
 Greenville Inn at Moosehead
As a premier Moosehead Lake lodge, the Greenville Inn is renowned for its unparalleled fine dining and unsurpassed mountain vistas.
Savor the majestic views of the Appalachian Mountains from the expansive porches of this historic 1895 Moosehead Lake lodge.
Located in the heart of Maine's Northwoods on Moosehead Lake, Currier's Flying Service is awaiting to serve all your year-round wilderness flying needs.
www.greenvilleinn.com   (597 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions
The lake and mountains, and the nearby rivers, waterfalls and streams offer an array of activities such as swimming, boating, fly fishing, white water rafting, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, biking, wildlife viewing and birdwatching and the list goes on and on.
Camping is available along the lake’s shores, and a four-star inn is also located right along Moosehead Lake’s shoreline.
The closest airports in the area are the Bangor International airport (BGR) located about 69 miles southeast of Moosehead Lake in Bangor, Maine and the Waterville Robert Lafleur airport (WVL) located approximately 72 miles south of Moosehead Lake in Waterville, Maine.
www.mainevacation.com /regions/Moosehead-Lake-Maine.html   (556 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake : Attractions | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Moosehead by Steamship & Float Plane--During the lake's golden days of tourism in the late 19th century, visitors could come to the lake by train from New York or Washington, then connect with steamship to the resorts and boarding houses around the lake.
A handful of displays in the small museum suggest the grandeur of life at Kineo Mountain House, a sprawling Victorian lake resort that once defined elegance; but the museum's showpiece is the S.S. Katahdin, a 115-foot steamship that's been cruising Moosehead's waters since 1914.
Moosehead from the air is a memorable sight.
www.frommers.com /destinations/mooseheadlake/2243010029.html   (314 words)

  
 Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club in Greenville Maine
With hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails, the Moosehead Lake Area is a sledder's paradise.
Pack a lunch and stop at any number of locations with beautiful scenery; or plan to ride to one of the surrounding towns and enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at one of the areas restaurants or inns that cater to snowmobilers.
The Moosehead Lake Trail system offers all the services one would expect to find in a 4-season resort area with food, fuel and repair services available along the way.
www.greenvilleme.com /snowmobiling   (590 words)

  
 Greenville Vacation Rentals Cottage 3BR, Lakeside, Moosehead Lake / Greenville, Maine USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Moosehead is Maine's largest lake at 74,890 acres, and one of the largest natural freshwater lakes in the United States.
Obviously, with all that water, Moosehead Lake is a favorite haunt for all kinds of angling endeavors.
Brook trout, lake trout, and landlocked salmon are the most notable targets for both summer and winter fishermen.
www.a1vacations.com /wallace/0   (1044 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine, Blair Hill Inn
Rising up from a north woods' hillside, with soaring views of Moosehead Lake, is inland Maine's most beautiful inn.
At the upper end of the luxury scale, the highly acclaimed country bed and breakfast inn is renowned for its accommodations, award winning dining and summer evening concerts.
The blue waters of Moosehead Lake stretch out before you...the sky is huge....the colors are rich--it's a vista that can leave you grasping for words.
www.blairhill.com   (190 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Vacations, Maine Moosehead Lake Region, New England Vacation Nature Travel
The Moosehead Lake Region of Maine is the ultimate New England vacation lake travel destination for lake vacations, nature vacations and wilderness retreats.
Moosehead Lake is the largest single body of fresh water in New England.
At the Moosehead Marine Museum, you'll enjoy learning how Moosehead Lake has shaped the history of our region, then experience some of that history by taking a leisurely lake cruise on the restored steamer Katahdin.
www.mooseheadcabins.com /moosehead_lake_attractions.html   (1346 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Waterfront Homes and Vacation Rentals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
If you want to get away, to relax and listen to the lapping of the lake water on the rocks, absorb sunsets and privacy, fish, swim, read a good book or take a walk in a mature pine forest, this is the place.
A pretty and cozy cabin so close to Moosehead Lake that it is nearly impossible to take a full picture of it.
Fall in love with the panoramic water views of Moosehead Lake, Mount Kineo, and surrounding mountains from nearly every room of this tastefully decorated, warm and charming 3 bedroom log home set on Baker Brook Point with Moosehead Lake on all three sides.
www.connectmaine.com /vacation/waterfront.html   (1045 words)

  
 Katahdin Lake Cruises : Moosehead Marine Museum
As many as fifty boats once steamed across the lake carrying passengers, livestock, mail, supplies and equipment to the large resorts like Mt. Kineo as well as the small hunting camps and villages on the lake.
In 1976, the Moosehead Marine Museum was founded and it acquired the Katahdin as its star exhibit.
In addition to the Katahdin, the Museum has an extensive collection of steamboat memorabilia and early photographs of the Moosehead area, and is dedicated to preserving the glorious days of steamboating and the marine heritage of the Moosehead Lake Region.
www.katahdincruises.com /museum.html   (269 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake, Maine (Lakes, Reservoirs and Ponds)
Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in Maine.
It lies primarily in Piscataquis County, with Somerset County on the western shore.
Moosehead Lake is 35 miles long and varies from 1 to 15 miles in width.
www.ohwy.com /me/m/moohealk.htm   (88 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Region On-line Resource Guide to Moosehead, Maine
You will find the Moosehead Region to be an incredibly vast, varied and exciting four season vacationland.
Moosehead Lake, the largest body of water contained within a northern state east of the Mississippi, Mt. Katahdin, the Appalachian Trail, The Allagash Wilderness Waterway, are just a few of the incredibly scenic recreational attractions located within or near to the Moosehead Region.
Moosehead, a great place to live and work in the heart of Maine.
www.moosehead.net   (206 words)

  
 moosehead lake page
oosehead Lake in north central Maine is buried in snow seven months of the year, but from June to November is an inviting place for recreational and advanced divers.
The spring- and tributary-fed lake is 50 miles long and holds steamship wrecks and artifacts from the area's logging era.
Aquatic life: Lake trout, brook trout, suckers, cusk, crayfish, salmon and baitfish such as smelt and shiners.
www.dtmag.com /dive-usa/MooseheadLakeME.html   (279 words)

  
 KENNEBEC RIVER PAGE
For example, no fish passage, lost spawning grounds, extreme water fluctuation and miles of rapids and riffles that we can only read about; 62 miles (53 %) of the river between Augusta and Moosehead Lake, are now inundated by dams.
Moosehead lake is home to Lily Bay State Park, Mt Kineo, and can be found in the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer on Maps 40,41, 48 and 49 (big lake!).
It is the source of the Kennebec River, and is feed by famous fisheries such as the Moose River and the Roach River.
www.maineflyfishing.com /ourriver.htm   (2833 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake
ON THE OUTSIDE; Pristine beauty of Moosehead Lake region restores the spirit; Maine lodges are still a big draw.
Before any Plum Creek decision, make a plan for Moosehead Lake ; The project may or may not be wrong for the area, but a comprehensive plan is needed.
Outside weighs in on plan for resort ; One debate over Plum Creek's Moosehead Lake proposal is over who should get to have a say.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0833947.html   (284 words)

  
 Vacation condo in Highlands Maine USA - Cyber Rentals
The Moosehead lake region is a four season vacation wonderland where there is something for everyone.
The lake is 40 miles long with much of its 400 miles of shoreline accessible only by boat.
Moosehead is just about the best location you can find in the State of Maine for hunting and fishing.
www.cyberrentals.com /MEMOOS/Corro2MOOS.html   (473 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Cabin Rentals - Greenville, Maine - Maine Cottage Rentals - Moosehead Hills Cabins
Our log cabins at our home base are nestled on 50 acres of woods and nature trails with waterfront on Moosehead Lake.
Our Moosehead Lake waterfront and dock can be reached either by a walking trail from your cabin or by car.
Moosehead Hills Cabins has a peaceful and private wilderness setting, but is only 3 miles from the shops and restaurants of downtown Greenville, Maine.
www.mooseheadhills.com   (254 words)

  
 Moosehead Lake Region Maine, Chamber of Commerce
Autumn is a beautiful time here in the Moosehead Region.
The Moosehead Lake region offers many exciting opportunities for hunters of all ages.
Each of these has a specific legal hunting season and set of regulations, which can be found at the website for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
www.mooseheadlake.org   (186 words)

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