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Boat ramps near Portland
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Boat ramps near Portland

12 stops8 watersUpdated Nov 6

27 public boat ramps on published waters near Portland.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Portland; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Crescent Lake

Recorded in Crescent Lake: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Crescent Lake reach 54 ft.

  1. 1Crescent Lake — Raymond: boat ramp on Crescent Lake, ≈ 22.8 mi from downtown.

Thompson Lake

Recorded in Thompson Lake: Atlantic Salmon, Smallmouth Bass, and Slimy Sculpin.

Surveyed depths in Thompson Lake reach 121 ft.

  1. 2Canoe & kayak launch — Thompson Lake: boat ramp on Thompson Lake, ≈ 27.4 mi from downtown.

Mousam Lake

Recorded in Mousam Lake: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Mousam Lake reach 88 ft.

  1. 3Mousam Lake — Shapleigh: boat ramp on Mousam Lake, ≈ 31.7 mi from downtown.
  2. 4Canoe & kayak launch — Mousam Lake: boat ramp on Mousam Lake, ≈ 31.8 mi from downtown.

Lake Auburn

Recorded in Lake Auburn: Largemouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, and Smallmouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Lake Auburn reach 118 ft.

  1. 5Lake Auburn — Auburn: boat ramp on Lake Auburn, ≈ 33.7 mi from downtown.
  2. 9Canoe & kayak launch — Lake Auburn: boat ramp on Lake Auburn, ≈ 35.8 mi from downtown.

Moose Pond

Recorded in Moose Pond: Largemouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, and Smallmouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Moose Pond reach 70 ft.

  1. 6Canoe & kayak launch — Moose Pond: boat ramp on Moose Pond, ≈ 35 mi from downtown.
  2. 7Moose Pond — Denmark: boat ramp on Moose Pond, ≈ 35.2 mi from downtown.

Highland Lake

Recorded in Highland Lake: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Highland Lake reach 67 ft.

  1. 8Highland Lake — Bridgton: boat ramp on Highland Lake, ≈ 35.7 mi from downtown.

Great East Lake

Recorded in Great East Lake: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Atlantic Salmon.

Surveyed depths in Great East Lake reach 102 ft.

  1. 10Boat Launch: boat ramp on Great East Lake, ≈ 36.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Weeks Beach: boat ramp on Great East Lake, ≈ 36.4 mi from downtown.

Lovell Lake

Recorded in Lovell Lake: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout.

Surveyed depths in Lovell Lake reach 45 ft.

  1. 12Lovell Lake Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Lovell Lake, ≈ 39 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around Portland in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Portland fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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