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China Lake

MIDAS 5448 · China · Kennebec County

Area

3,939acres

Max depth

92ft recorded

Elevation

196ft · not a gage

Drains toward

Watershed only

Public landings

2DACF

Public camps

—none linked

Invasive plants

—not on the list

Stocked

—not in report

Ice out

Apr 5, 2026

Ice out

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

Mar 7Apr 3Apr 3020032026

Town office

For shoreland zoning, building permits, docks, and other waterfront questions on this lake.

571 Lakeview Drive China, ME 04358
Google Maps

Phone: (207) 445-2014

Clerk: Sydney M. Laird

www.china.govoffice.com

Public landings

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
CHINA · map CHINA (Local) HARD · TR 20' × 60' · 13.5% Yes — 8 No
VASSALBORO · map VASSALBORO (Local) HARD · TR 20' × 57' · 13.5% Yes — 11 Yes
Access: Fully Accessible.

Public camps

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.

Invasive plants

Not on the DEP known-infestation list. That is a blank, not a survey.

Stocking

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.

Same 8-digit watershed

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

LakeAcres
Great Pond 8,509
Cobbosseecontee Lake 5,540
Sebasticook Lake 4,537
Moose Pond 3,856
Messalonskee Lake 3,692
Unity Pond 2,569
Long Pond 2,557
North and Little Ponds 2,531