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Moosehead Lake

312 m1,024 ft
Area
304 km²
Max depth
17 m
Tonight
30°FFair · Wind 6–9 mph N

Moosehead Lake is a lake at 312 m above sea level in Maine, United States, 304 km² in area and 48.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
312 m
Length
48.2 km
Shoreline
446.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Moosehead Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
446.4 km
3D map

Moosehead Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Moosehead Lake terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Moosehead Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Moosehead Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 30°F (-1°C) · Wind 6–9 mph N

Moosehead Lake forecast for about 313 m.

  • Tonight30°–6–9 mph N
  • Sat33°52°1%6 mph NW
  • Sun39°58°1%1–5 mph W
  • Mon30°55°4%6–10 mph W
  • Tue26°43°3%13 mph NW
  • Wed31°45°6%3 mph W
  • Thu39°52°18%3–9 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:02 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Moosehead Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Moosehead Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Casey's Spencer Bay Camps

    4.7 km ENE · +2 more within 7.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    7.6 km WNW

    +2 more within 7.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Campsite4.3 km W
Casey's Spencer Bay CampsCampsite4.7 km ENE
Parking7.6 km WNW
Parking7.7 km WNW
Parking7.7 km WNW
Cowen Cove CampgroundCampsite7.9 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
412 m low point 294 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.4%Water 39.6%Grassland 4.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 323 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Moose25
  • Mallard24
  • White-tailed Deer21
  • Hickory Tussock Moth14
  • Common Loon13
  • Canada Goose10
Where it sits

Where Moosehead Lake sits

Region
Maine5United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia