Lower Richardson Lake, White Mountains, Oxford County, Maine

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We stayed at South Arm campground and paddled the lake every day. One night we rented a wilderness site and tented from canoes. We also drove down the road and hiked out and back on the AT.
-Great Place! - Steve K


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     You can run the rapids of Rapid River in the neighborhood of Lower Richardson Lake, and taking a little tour to nearby Horse Beef Point is a magnificent idea. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff in the White Mountains. Moose Mountain is a peak you can catch a sight of from Lower Richardson Lake, and camping at South Arm Campground is always a nice experience. Through the warm months at Lower Richardson Lake highs are  
   commonly in the 70's while nighttime lows are ordinarily in the 50's. Through the wintertime highs are mostly in the 20's, and after the sun is down through the wintertime temperatures at Lower Richardson Lake fall into the-10's.
This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Sunday River Ski and Golf Resort is a good place to spend a night or two, and Blackcat Brook is right next door to Lower Richardson Lake and is always a delight to have a look at.
 
               This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Lower Richardson Lake; Old Magalloway Trail is a great local trail, and there's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Sunday River. Lower Richardson Lake in fact is in the middle of a wonderful outdoors paradise. There are other locations here than Lower Richardson Lake, for example Pond in the River, and the Table Rock Trail offers hiking at its best.
An average amount of rainfall falls at Lower Richardson Lake; most of the rain falls through August, and the driest month of the year is February. Swift Cambridge River is a magnificent whitewater spot near Lower Richardson Lake, and Lower Richardson Lake is right by the Old Speck Mountain Trail. A perfect location to camp here at Lower Richardson Lake is Cupsuptic Campground. Lakes? Sure, Richardson Lake is in the neighborhood.
That right there is plenty of exciting things already but it goes on, the White Mountains has it all. Dry warm beds await you at Grand Summit Resort Sunday River, and there's some out of the ordinary stuff to distinguish at Middle Dam in the neighborhood of Lower Richardson Lake. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the area close to Lower Richardson Lake has to offer. Lower Richardson Lake is one of the lakes here in the White Mountains.

 
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Current weather conditions at Lower Richardson Lake, White Mountains, Oxford County, Maine
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Local climate location: FIRST CONN LAKE 21 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.77639
Longitude: -70.92222

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These outdoors activities are available near Lower Richardson Lake.
 Hotels Near Lower Richardson Lake:
Sunday River Ski and Golf Resort, Newry, 16 miles away
Grand Summit Resort Sunday River, Bethel, 18 miles away
Chapman Inn, Bethel, 20 miles away
The Victoria Inn, Bethel, 20 miles away
The Bethel Inn Resort, Bethel, 21 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Lower Richardson Lake:
South Arm Campground, Andover, 12 miles away
Cupsuptic Campground, Oxford County, 13 miles away
North Camps, Oquossoc, 14 miles away
Mollidgewock Campground, Coos County, 15 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Lower Richardson Lake:
Sunday River, Maine, 16 miles away
      2340 vertical feet
Black Mountain, Maine, 22 miles away
      1120 vertical feet
Mount Abram, Maine, 24 miles away
      1150 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Lower Richardson Lake:
Rapid River, Oxford CountyCounty, 2 miles away
      Class IV - 5.25 miles long (Pond in River to Lake Umbagog)
Swift Cambridge River, Oxford CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class II-V - 6 miles long (Route 26 to Dead Cambridge River)
Magalloway River, Oxford CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class III-V - 2 miles long (Aziscohos Dam to Wilsons Mills)
 Trails Near Lower Richardson Lake:
Old Magalloway Trail, Oxford County, 6 miles away
Table Rock Trail, Oxford County, 9 miles away
Old Speck Mountain Trail, Oxford County, 10 miles away
 Lakes Near Lower Richardson Lake:
Richardson Lake, Oxford CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Pond in the River, Oxford CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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