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Lake George

Canaan · Skowhegan, Maine — Somerset County.

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318Surface acres
1Public access sites
1.4 miShoreline trails

Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 152431227).

Location & fast facts

Where Lake George is in Maine

The red circle marks Lake George.

Fast facts

About Lake George

  • County: Somerset
  • Shore towns: Canaan, Skowhegan
  • Mapped as: Lake or pond (USGS National Hydrography Dataset)
  • Distance: about 84 mi from Portland and 40 mi from Bangor, straight-line (not driving distance)

Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.

Fishing in Maine

Official Maine IF&W pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.

Lake map

Lake George shoreline, boat launches & beaches

Skowhegan carry-in access (Cartop / walk-in)1½ mileN

Numbers on the map match the list at rightbelow.

Cartop / walk-inShoreline trail
  1. 1Skowhegan carry-in access
    Cartop / walk-in · Skowhegan

Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 152431227), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches. Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

1.4 miTrail within 100 m of shore
About 40%Of the shoreline
NoLoops the whole lake
East and south shoresWhere

OpenStreetMap shows about 1.4 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 100 m (330 ft) of the Lake George shoreline, mostly along the east and south shores.

Trails along the shore

Getting to the trails

No trailhead is mapped for these trails. The closest public access site is Skowhegan carry-in access, 200 ft from a shoreline trail (Maine BPL boat launch data).

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 Lake George

We found 3 campgrounds and RV parks within 15 miles of Lake George, 2 of them within 5 miles. Distances are straight-line from the nearest point on the shoreline, so driving distance is longer.

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: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Pulled Oct 12, 2026.

Conditions right now

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Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (44.7758, -69.5868). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Lake George. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Sun & moon at Lake George

Best fishing times

Major periodMinor periodDaylight

    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

    Rainbow Trout ★

    ★ = 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, 250 fish in total.

    DateSpeciesFishSize
    Sep 29, 2026Rainbow Trout25013 in

    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.

    SiteTownOwnerTypeParkingFeeUsesMap
    Skowhegan carry-in accessSkowheganDACFCarry-in (hand launch) · dock23 trailer—Boating
    Handicap accessible
    44.7667, -69.5894

    Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands public boat launches

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

    Contact & official info

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