Hype for the Future 62RGY: Town of Rangeley, Maine

Overview

The Town of Rangeley is located in northern Franklin County, Maine, and is the sole municipality to share an identical name with a community of a different status in the State known as Rangeley Plantation. In the Town of Rangeley, however, is the vast majority of the regional population, as well as the location of two major museums of local interest: The Outdoor Heritage Museum of Oquossoc and the Wilhelm Reich Museum of the central town area. Both of the aforementioned museums are accessible by way of Route 16 and adjoining roadways within the Town area.

Hype for the Future 62RGO: The Rangeley Vicinity

Overview

Within the vicinity of Rangeley in Franklin County, Maine, is the Maine Roadhouse Hostel and Lodge located along Route 16 in Coplin Plantation and Quill Hill at the northeastern edge of the Dallas Plantation area. The aforementioned plantations, as located in west-central Maine, represent some of the most populated plantation areas in the State, albeit with a significantly lower population density.

The Maine Forestry Museum is also located on the eastern outskirts of Rangeley, in the Dallas Plantation area. Also in the Coplin Plantation vicinity is the Cascade Steam Gorge Trail hiking area along Route 4, as well as the Height of Land and Shelton Noyes Overlooks attached to Route 17.