Eagle Lake

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Eagle Lake shoreline, boat launches & beaches

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Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 151717768), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches and OpenStreetMap boat ramps (ODbL). Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

OpenStreetMap shows about 5.3 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 100 m (330 ft) of the Eagle Lake shoreline. Together the trails go all or nearly all the way around Eagle Lake, staying close to the water.

Trails along the shore

• Eagle Lake Carriage Road · 3.5 mi near the shore · north side
• Eagle Lake Trail · 1.5 mi near the shore · south side
• Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road · 0.1 mi near the shore · north side

Getting to the trails

No trailhead is mapped for these trails. The closest public access site is Eagle Lake Boat Launch, right on a shoreline trail (Maine BPL boat launch data).

• Eagle Lake Boat Launch
  Public access site near the trailGet directions

The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.

Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 100 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.

Campgrounds near Eagle Lake

We found 18 campgrounds and RV parks within 15 miles of Eagle Lake, 5 of them within 5 miles. Distances are straight-line from the nearest point on the shoreline, so driving distance is longer.

• Mount Desert Campground
  Campground

  3.3 mi from the shore · Mount Desert

  WebsiteGet directions
• Quarry Ledge Campground
  Campground

  3.5 mi from the shore · Mount Desert

  Wi-Fi

  Get directions
• Blackwoods Campground
  CampgroundNational park

  3.6 mi from the shore · Mount Desert · 281 sites

  RVs welcome · Tent sites · Drinking water · Dogs allowed

  Season: May 07-Oct 17 open

  ReserveGet directions
• Bar Harbor Campground
  Campground

  3.9 mi from the shore · Bar Harbor · Run by Modern America Campgrounds

  Electric hookups · RVs welcome · Tent sites · Showers

  Get directions
• Terramor Outdoor Resort
  Campground

  4.8 mi from the shore · Bar Harbor

  RVs welcome

  Get directions
• Smuggler's Den Campground
  Campground

  5.2 mi from the shore · Southwest Harbor

  Electric hookups · RVs welcome · Tent sites · Cabins or yurts

  WebsiteGet directions

All campgrounds & RV parks in Maine

Green tent icons on the lake map mark campgrounds near the shore, and the interactive map shows the closest 12. Amenities are listed only where a source records them; call or check the campground's website before you go, since seasons and rates change every year.

Campground data: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands · Recreation.gov (RIDB) · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Pulled Oct 12, 2026.

Conditions right now

Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (44.3635, -68.2503). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Eagle Lake. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.

Fish you can catch

★ = stocked recently (see Stocking). No machine-readable species survey is published for this water; the list shows stocked fish only.

2026 stocking

1 stocking trip so far in 2026, 50 fish in total.

Maine IF&W 2026 year-to-date stocking report (PDF)

Matched to this water by name and town. Pulled Oct 10, 2026.

Boat launches & access sites

1 public access site listed, 1 with a boat ramp or trailer launch.

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches and OpenStreetMap boat ramps (ODbL)

Fees, hours and rules change; confirm with the site owner before you go.

Contact & official info

• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIFW): fishing rules, licenses and stocking.
• Depth & fish survey maps: Maine IF&W lake survey maps (search by lake name)

Lakes & ponds nearby

• Aunt Betty Pond · Bar Harbor · 32 acres · 1.3 mi
• Bubble Pond · Bar Harbor · 33 acres · 1.4 mi
• Breakneck Ponds · Bar Harbor · 30 acres · 1.8 mi
• Jordan Pond · Mount Desert · 187 acres · 2.2 mi
• The Tarn · Bar Harbor · 19 acres · 2.3 mi
• Witch Hole Pond · Bar Harbor · 24 acres · 2.5 mi

Straight-line distance between lake centers. All Maine lakes & ponds · All waters in Bar Harbor