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Big Machias Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. Big Machias Lake gets a normal amount of yearly rainfall; of all the months in a year August is the one with the most rain, and February is the month with the least moisture. Have a good hiking adventure along the Island Pond Trail; Twentymile Brook is one of the streams nearby that might be worth taking a look at. Whitewater paddling is pleasant on Fish River, and Big Machias
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| | Lake is right by the Round Trail. What a site this is for outdoors people. Umcolcus Sporting Camps is a fine local campground, and do take a hike on the Fox Brook Trail. This lake is so wonderful. McGowan Lake is a nearby lake that you could have a look at, and dry warm beds await you at Katahdin Inn. For the period of the summer months at Big Machias Lake temperatures are typically in the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures descend down into the 50's. | |
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The winter brings highs down to the 10's, and nighttime lows throughout the winter for Big Machias Lake tend to be in the-10's. A lake close by is Clayton Lake; paddling on Machias River is so much fun.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 46.68278 Longitude: -68.79222
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Fish River, Aroostook CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class I-III - 5.5 miles long (Round Pond to Ferguson Brook) |
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Machias River, Washington Hancock CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class I-III - 32 miles long (Big Machias Lake to Aroostook River) |
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Munsungan Stream, Piscataquis Penobscot CountyCounty, 15 miles away Class I-II - 16 miles long (Chase Lake to Libby Camp) |
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