Maine / Lakes / Messalonskee Lake

Messalonskee Lake

Area

3,692acres

Max depth

113ft recorded

Elevation

234ft · not a gage

Drains toward

Watershed only

Public landings

3DACF

Public camps

—none linked

Invasive plants

1DEP known

Stocked

—not in report

Ice out

Apr 14, 2023

Ice out

Parks and Lands, 2003 on. A boat can run the length of the lake. Coves may still hold ice.

DACF public boat launch table, export dated 5 June 2025. A blank fee is blank, not free. Ramp end and turnaround are not in this table.

Town	Owner	Ramp	Size	Float	Fee	Rig spots	Toilet
BELGRADE · map	DACF (State)	CARRY-IN/HARD · CI	20' × 26' · 10%	Yes	—	16	No
OAKLAND · map	OAKLAND (Local)	HARD · TR	—	Yes	—	—	No
SIDNEY · map	DACF (State)	HARD · TR	20' × 40' · 13.5%	Yes	—	8	Seasonal
Access: Fully Accessible.

No public campground or reserved-land unit is linked to this lake. That is a blank, not a claim that a private campground is absent.

DEP aquatic invasive layer. A point is the water, not the plant patch. Current means the record is still marked active.

Plant	Status	Towns
variable leaf milfoil	Current	Belgrade, Oakland, Sidney

Not in the 2026 year-to-date IFW stocking report, or the water name did not match this lake. A river stocking is not listed here.

Other DEP lakes that share this HUC-8. That is the drainage bowl, not “this stream dumps into that pond” for every row.