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2012 Resort News & Activities
Winter may have had a late start but there are plenty of outdoor activities to fill your vacation with an active schedule. Rangeley offers Outdoor Skating, Toboggan/Sledding, Snowshoeing, Snowmobiling, Nordic and Alpine Skiing.
Monday Morning: Start off the week right meeting your new neighbors at our Coffee Social from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. in the Grand Lodge.
Monday Evening: Join us at 7 p.m. Monday evenings for the first campfire of the week complete with s'mores at the waterfront area.
Tuesday: Take a 2-hour boat tour offered by Dockside. Find out more information and sign up at the front desk.
Wednesday Morning: Get out on the lake with a 1-hour lake cruise aboard the Oquossoc Lady. Tours are at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Please ask for more information and sign up at the front desk.
Wednesday Afternoon: For a very yummy mid-week treat, join us for our Ice Cream Social at 3 p.m. in the Grand Lodge
Thursday: Our second campfire of the week is held at 7 p.m. at the waterfront area!
Click here to read older news from Rangeley Lake Resort and the surrounding area.
Rangeley is a quaint town in the western mountains of Maine. The town boasts one grocery store, a pharmacy, a movie theater, and a variety of boutiques with souvenirs and clothing. Rangeley has a variety of restaurants from fine dining to pubs to family style eateries. One favorite among locals is Parkside & Main, with a family-oriented atmosphere, a variety of food and prices that are easy on the wallet.
The Western mountains of Maine are a beautiful place to go for a drive during fall foliage. Rangeley was selected as one of the top 25 towns for foliage by the September/October 2010 print edition of Yankee Magazine. The article mentions a scenic turn-out known as "the height of land" on route 17 where you can see five different lakes and plenty of mountains. This turn-out is on the National Scenic Byways of route 4 and 17, which passes through the Rangeley Lake region. The town of Rangeley was also recently named as one of America's best summer lake towns of 2010 by the online edition of Frommer's Budget Travel magazine in July 2010.
You can enjoy the view as you are driving along many of the roads in New England or if you go to Sugarloaf you can do the zip line or ride the chair lift. For more info on Sugarloaf visit www.sugarloaf.com.
2012 Rangeley Area Events
The Rangeley Skating club has developed and maintains a public skating rink with lighting for night skating and a warming hut on Haley Pond, behind the Ecopelagicon Nature Store on pond street. The entrance for the skating rink is at Haley Pond Park. Forgot your skates or no room to pack them, don’t worry the Ecopelagicon Nature Store has some for free use during business hours. Donations are welcome and go towards sharpening the skates and maintaining the rink.
Are you looking for a place to go Sledding/tobogganing or tubing? The real thrill seekers go to the Mingo Springs golf course to try one of their many long hills, which is where you are apt to see many of the locals. Long climbs up hill are not for you or you have young children, the Wilhelm Reich Museum has a nice spot for you near the conference building. They have sleds to loan and if you want you can arrange for a sledding party, complete with bonfire outside or fireplace inside for a winter cookout and hot chocolate.
Snowshoeing can be done on many of the hiking trails in the Rangeley area. Groomed cross-country trails as well as areas that have snowmobile traffic should be avoided. The trails at the Wilhelm Reich Museum are open for snowshoeing and they even have child size snowshoes available to lend out. You should call head for borrowing the snowshoes from them. You can rent snowshoes at various shops in Rangeley: The Alpine shop, Rangeley Lake Trails Center, River’s Edge Sport Shop, and Powder Dreams.
There are ample snowmobile trails accessible to all points north, south, east and west, and can be accessed from any cabin at Rangeley Lake Resort. Places like Stratton, Kingfield, Farmington, Rumford, Jackman and New Hampshire as well as Canada are reachable in a few scenic hours from Rangeley. Snowmobile rentals are available at numerous retail shops in Rangeley. There are ample trails to go cross-country skiing on at the Rangeley Lakes Trail Center. You will find the trails range from gentle tours around Saddleback Lake to thrilling descents of flanks of Saddleback Mountain. Tickets and rentals are available at the lodge, or rentals available at Powder Dreams. Saddleback Maine Ski Area gives you big mountain adventure on peaks stretching to over 4,120 feet. 66 alpine trails equally distributed among beginners, intermediate, and expert terrain. A cafeteria, lounge, equipment rentals, retail shop, ski school, and daycare are available in the base lodge. No matter what your choice of outdoor activities for the winter months, you will be able to find something to satisfy the whole family.
For the latest information on events and news in the Rangeley, Maine, area check out the following websites:
Rangeley Events Schedule on RangeleyMaine.com
Rangeley News Journal Special Events Page
Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar
Click here for a printable PDF calendar of upcoming events in the Rangeley, Maine area.
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