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Gilead Landing

Gilead Landing is a free public boat ramp on the Androscoggin River near Gilead, Maine.

Aerial view of the gravel ramp to the river and the access drive with parked vehicles, October 2021
Aerial view of the gravel ramp to the river and the access drive with parked vehicles, October 2021 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Fee
Free
Ramp surface
concrete
Coordinates
44.39740, -70.97326

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Conditions

Water level

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USGS gauge Androscoggin River at Bethel, Maine, 8.8 mi from this launch on Androscoggin River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On Androscoggin River

The Androscoggin River runs through New Hampshire and Maine, and Maine Rivers calls it the state's third-largest river. It begins at Errol, New Hampshire, where the Magalloway River joins the outlet of Umbagog Lake. From there it flows south past Berlin and turns east at Gorham into Maine. It then passes Bethel, Rumford and Dixfield, turns south at Livermore Falls and runs through Lewiston and Auburn and past Lisbon Falls. It reaches tidewater below the last falls at Brunswick and joins the Kennebec River in Merrymeeting Bay. Wikipedia gives its length as 178 miles, while Maine Rivers lists 164 miles. Maine Rivers gives the drainage area as 3,450 square miles, 2,730 of them in Maine. The river drops about eight feet per mile on average, and its water power drove mill towns along its banks. Dams on the river include Rumford, Riley, Jay, Gulf Island, Deer Rips, Lewiston Falls, Pejepscot and Brunswick-Topsham. Pollution from mills there helped inspire the Clean Water Act. More about Androscoggin River.

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Why it is listed as public: www.mahoosuc.org: Gilead Landing is 8.7 river miles downstream of Shelburne Dam access, and 8.5 river miles upstream of Newt’s Landing. Parking available for 10 cars, and 4 trailer parking spots.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.