Rangeley, Maine
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About Rangeley
Rangeley is a small unincorporated community in western Maine.
Rangeley holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.6 square miles.
📰 Rangeley News Today
- First Public Ski Glades Planned For Rangeley, Maine Northeast Explorer · Aug 18
- Rangeley officials confront major shifts in regional valuation formula The Maine Monitor · Jun 17
- 13-year-old boy rescued after becoming stranded on Maine lake WABI · Jul 22
- Teen paddleboarder rescued during dangerous conditions on Rangeley Lake WGME · Jul 22
- Historic Magalloway Collaborative Conserves 78,000 Acres in Western Maine The Nature Conservancy · Jul 26
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Rangeley Unique
- The only place in America named Rangeley — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 1+ neighboring communities within 24 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Rangeley
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Rangeley
- Classic Provisions — breakfast
- Portage Tap House — american
- Sarge's Sports Pub & Grub
- The Shed — barbecue
- Inner Eye (café)
- Kennebago Station (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Wilhelm Reich Museum · Museum
- Light of the World Cross · Attraction
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Rangeley
- Rangeley Lake State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bald Mountain Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Birch Island Wilderness Camping reviews ★
- Bonney Point Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cascade Stream Gorge Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Conservation Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Coplin Plantation West Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dallas Plantation North Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dallas Plantation South Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Davistown Public Reserved Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- EcoVenture Campus · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Forest Legacy Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Rangeley
- Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.