Being designated as a dark sky community is expected to draw additional attention to the resources in western and northern Maine, reinforcing their rarity and Rangeley’s eco-tourism economy.
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust is behind a community-driven movement to conserve Rangeley’s night sky. Rangeley lies in Maine’s Western Mountains, surrounded by 200,000 acres of conserved lands. Vast swaths of uninhabited forest stretch from Madrid Township to the New Hampshire border and extend north to the Canadian border, making our region one of the darkest […]
MILLERSBURG, OH (April 11, 2023) – The National Scenic Byway Foundation congratulates the Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway as a winner of our 2023 Byway Organization Award for Hospitality. This is one of the Foundation’s eight national awards presented annually. The Rangeley Lakes Byway Ambassador program is heralded as a hospitality best practice model. The hospitality program has […]