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Lake beaches and swimming lakes in Maine

This guide covers 19 lakes and reservoirs across Maine. 5 of them are reservoirs held back by a dam and 14 are natural lakes. Moosehead Lake is the biggest, covering roughly 75,466 acres. The deepest water on record here is at Sebago Lake, about 315 feet. Rivers that feed or drain them include the Penobscot River, the Damariscotta River and the Dead River. A public agency publishes a live water level for 3 of them, which is what the level pages show. The agency behind the most lakes here is Maine Warden Service. Across the state we map 4 named swimming spots and access points from federal and state sources.