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Maine's classic salmon river, running from Moosehead Lake through the Kennebec Gorge to Bingham, Solon and Skowhegan, with landlocked salmon, brook trout and a fall run of big browns.

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Map of the Kennebec River

88 numbered points: 28 access points, 4 campsites, 2 bait & fly shops, 16 bridges, 17 parks and conservation areas, 3 agency offices, 4 regulation section limits, 12 hazards, 1 spring, 1 USGS gauge. Tap a marker for details. Reviewed Sep 26, 2026.

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Access / boat ramp (28)
Campsite (4)
Bait, tackle & fly shop (2)
Bridge crossing (16)
Park / conservation area (17)
Agency / conservation office (3)
Regulation section limit (4)
Dam / hazard (12)
Spring (1)
USGS gauge (1)

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#	Point	Type	Lat, Lon	Notes
1	East Outlet Dam (Moosehead Lake) Brookfield Renewable \| NID ME00091	Dam / hazard	45.58573, -69.71486	Head of the Kennebec: the East Outlet leaves Moosehead here. Flow through the reach below is release-driven, so read the gauge before you commit.
2	Rockwood Road bridge (ME 6 / ME 15) East Outlet, Big Moose Twp	Bridge crossing	45.58365, -69.71949
3	Burnham Pond Road landing Big Moose Twp \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.54590, -69.77018	Slipway named from its access road by reverse geocode; no agency sign recorded.
4	Harris Dam (Indian Pond) Brookfield Renewable \| NID ME00090	Dam / hazard	45.46032, -69.86571	Controls the releases through the Kennebec Gorge. Also the upstream limit the state names as Indian Pond Dam for the reach running down to the Abenaki (lower) Dam in Madison.
5	Harris Station put-in below Harris Dam	Access / boat ramp	45.45835, -69.86602	Standard put-in for the gorge.
6	Indian Pond Family Campground Indian Stream Twp	Campsite	45.45543, -69.85549
7	Kids fishing area limit - US 201 bridge, The Forks downstream end	Regulation section limit	45.33674, -69.96828	The state names a kids fishing area from the Moxie Stream confluence in Moxie Gore down to this bridge. Only this end is mapped - the Moxie mouth is not in OSM here.
8	Ballfield Road landing West Forks Plt \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.33814, -69.96661	Named from its access road by reverse geocode.
9	Riverdrivers West Forks \| open year round	Campsite	45.33924, -69.97121
10	Crusher Pool access The Forks \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.31932, -69.98198	Named for the pool it serves, from a reverse geocode.
11	Maine Forest Service station ranger station \| US 201 corridor	Agency / conservation office	45.23744, -69.99578
12	Caratunk Country Store general store \| US 201, Caratunk	Bait, tackle & fly shop	45.21908, -69.98756	The only retailer on the US 201 corridor above Bingham. Tagged as an outdoor shop in OSM; tackle stock not verified.
13	US 201 landing, Caratunk unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.21063, -69.98910	Named from the road it leaves, by reverse geocode.
14	Canada Road landing, Moscow unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.13400, -69.94827
15	Pleasant Ridge Road landing (upper) Pleasant Ridge Plt \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.07416, -69.92132	One of two slipways on this road; this is the upstream one.
16	Station Road landing, Moscow unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.06806, -69.90356
17	Pleasant Ridge Road landing (lower) Pleasant Ridge Plt \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	45.06523, -69.90007
18	Roadside spring Moscow	Spring	45.06317, -69.90260	Tagged natural=spring in OSM. Untreated and untested - treat before drinking.
19	Bingham boat launch Lander Avenue, Bingham	Access / boat ramp	45.05309, -69.88614	The red markers the state uses as the upstream end of the Bingham kids fishing area sit by this launch.
20	USGS gauge - Kennebec River at Bingham site 01046500	USGS gauge	45.05194, -69.88556	The gauge this water page reads. A second streamflow gauge, 01042500 at The Forks, covers the gorge reach upstream.
21	Kids fishing area limit - ME 16 bridge, Bingham downstream end	Regulation section limit	45.05230, -69.88577	Downstream boundary of the Bingham kids fishing area; the upstream end is the red markers by the Bingham boat launch.
22	Solon rail-trail landing Kennebec Valley Rail Trail \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.96353, -69.86576
23	Williams Dam NID ME00088	Dam / hazard	44.95935, -69.86992
24	Ferry Street bridge (US 201A / ME 8) Solon - Embden	Bridge crossing	44.93776, -69.86962
25	Thompson & Dinsmore Islands nature reserve in the river	Park / conservation area	44.87169, -69.86275
26	Madison Street landing, Anson unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.85815, -69.87279
27	Nathan Street Boat Landing Anson	Access / boat ramp	44.80450, -69.88656
28	Main Street bridge (US 201A) Anson - Madison	Bridge crossing	44.79890, -69.88823
29	Anson Station Dam NID ME00087	Dam / hazard	44.79814, -69.88832
30	Abenaquis Dam NID ME00086	Dam / hazard	44.79144, -69.88727	The state calls this the Abenaki (lower) Dam in Madison and uses it as a reach boundary: the reach above runs up to Indian Pond Dam, the reach below down to the red markers at the Skowhegan rest area.
31	Madison Paper Corporation log dam weir \| NID ME00736	Dam / hazard	44.79017, -69.88950
32	Madison rail-trail landing Madison Branch Rail Trail \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.78645, -69.88873
33	Madison rail-trail landing (lower) Madison Branch Rail Trail \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.78111, -69.88800
34	Corporal Eugene Cole Memorial Bridge (US 201A) Norridgewock	Bridge crossing	44.71702, -69.79739
35	Oosoola Park Norridgewock	Park / conservation area	44.71585, -69.79148
36	Kennebec River boat launch Oosoola Park, Norridgewock	Access / boat ramp	44.71621, -69.78985
37	Yankee Woodlot Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands	Park / conservation area	44.75847, -69.73651	Demonstration woodlot; OHV use is signed here.
38	Weston Dam NID ME00085	Dam / hazard	44.76477, -69.72102	OSM records this dam as planned for demolition some time in the 2030s.
39	Swinging Bridge footbridge, Skowhegan gorge	Bridge crossing	44.76248, -69.72062
40	US 2 / US 201 bridge, Skowhegan Island Avenue	Bridge crossing	44.76316, -69.71815
41	Weston south channel dam NID ME00085S001	Dam / hazard	44.76361, -69.71792
42	Riverside Park Skowhegan	Park / conservation area	44.76526, -69.71722
43	Gorge Overlook Skowhegan	Park / conservation area	44.76747, -69.71187
44	Coburn Park Skowhegan	Park / conservation area	44.77106, -69.70988
45	Great Eddy Island nature reserve	Park / conservation area	44.77010, -69.70360
46	Reach limit - red markers at the Skowhegan rest area Kennebec Banks Rest Area, US 2	Regulation section limit	44.76854, -69.68380	Placed at the rest area the rule names, east of Skowhegan on US 2 - the red markers themselves are not mapped. Bounds the Abenaki Dam reach above and the Lockwood Dam reach below.
47	Cleaver Landing Skowhegan	Access / boat ramp	44.76840, -69.68157
48	Two Rivers Campground Skowhegan	Campsite	44.77024, -69.67609
49	Somerset Woods preserve Somerset Woods Trustees	Park / conservation area	44.73737, -69.64276
50	Canaan Road landing, Fairfield unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.68503, -69.63109
51	ME 23 bridge (Canaan Road) Fairfield - Canaan	Bridge crossing	44.68575, -69.63031
52	Shawmut Dam NID ME00084	Dam / hazard	44.63097, -69.58303	The upstream side of this dam is the downstream end of the Skowhegan rest area kids fishing area. OSM records the dam as planned for demolition in the 2030s.
53	Mill Island Park Fairfield	Park / conservation area	44.59165, -69.59352
54	ME 11 / ME 100 / ME 139 bridge Fairfield - Benton	Bridge crossing	44.58710, -69.58984
55	Water Street landing, Fairfield unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.58544, -69.59369
56	Hydro-Kennebec Dam Waterville - Winslow	Dam / hazard	44.56334, -69.61876
57	Head of Falls Park Waterville	Park / conservation area	44.55139, -69.62765
58	Two Cent Bridge footbridge, Waterville - Winslow	Bridge crossing	44.55084, -69.62622
59	Ticonic Falls weir	Dam / hazard	44.54785, -69.62676
60	Ticonic Bridge (US 201 / ME 100) Waterville - Winslow	Bridge crossing	44.54739, -69.62718
61	Lockwood Dam NID ME00082	Dam / hazard	44.54620, -69.62836	The state uses the upstream side of this dam as a reach boundary and its downstream side as the head of the next reach, which runs to the head of tidewater above the Calumet Bridge.
62	Waterville boat launch	Access / boat ramp	44.53311, -69.64398
63	Carter Memorial Bridge (ME 137) Waterville - Winslow	Bridge crossing	44.53033, -69.64567
64	Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Sidney regional office	Agency / conservation office	44.45150, -69.72767
65	Sidney recreation area landing Recreation Drive \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.42880, -69.70190
66	Dick’s Sporting Goods, Augusta big-box sporting goods	Bait, tackle & fly shop	44.34895, -69.78507	Fishing department and licence sales; 2.1 km off the river.
67	Cushnoc Crossing Bridge (ME 3) Augusta	Bridge crossing	44.33551, -69.76451
68	Mill Park Augusta	Park / conservation area	44.32429, -69.77187
69	Head of tidewater - Calumet Bridge, Augusta downstream end of the inland reach	Regulation section limit	44.31679, -69.77223	The inland reach ends at the power lines about 4,200 ft above this bridge; the bridge is the placeable anchor. Below here the river is tidal.
70	Augusta Waterfront Park Augusta	Park / conservation area	44.31454, -69.77366
71	East Side Boat Landing Augusta	Access / boat ramp	44.31388, -69.77196
72	Memorial Bridge (US 201 / US 202) Augusta	Bridge crossing	44.31249, -69.77275
73	Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Augusta state headquarters	Agency / conservation office	44.30112, -69.78298
74	Kennebec River Rail Trail Park Augusta - Hallowell	Park / conservation area	44.29908, -69.77952
75	Ferry Road landing, Chelsea unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.28613, -69.78734
76	Hallowell waterfront landing Water Street \| unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	44.28286, -69.79049
77	ME 9 / ME 27 bridge Gardiner - Randolph	Bridge crossing	44.23328, -69.76984
78	Gardiner Launch	Access / boat ramp	44.22956, -69.76994
79	Waterfront Park Gardiner	Park / conservation area	44.22859, -69.76911
80	Colburn House State Historic Site Pittston	Park / conservation area	44.19812, -69.75557
81	ME 197 bridge Richmond - Dresden	Bridge crossing	44.09143, -69.78360
82	Swan Island campsite Steve Powell WMA, Perkins Twp	Campsite	44.07279, -69.79163	On Swan Island inside MDIFW’s Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area. Unnamed in OSM; located by reverse geocode.
83	North End Boat Launch Bath	Access / boat ramp	43.92908, -69.81137
84	US 1 Leeman Highway bridge Bath - Woolwich	Bridge crossing	43.91175, -69.80939
85	South End Boat Launch Bath	Access / boat ramp	43.88908, -69.81555
86	Blaisdell Drive landing, Phippsburg unnamed in OSM	Access / boat ramp	43.87223, -69.80038
87	Wilbur Preserve at Cox’s Head Phippsburg Land Trust	Park / conservation area	43.76647, -69.78835
88	Fort Popham State Historic Site Phippsburg \| river mouth	Park / conservation area	43.75431, -69.78404

Guides on the Kennebec River

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About the Kennebec River

The Kennebec leaves Moosehead Lake at the Indian Pond outlet, drops through the Kennebec Gorge, and runs south past The Forks, Bingham, Solon, Madison and Skowhegan on its way to the sea at Bath. It is Maine’s most complete river: whitewater rafting at the top, landlocked salmon and brook trout through the middle, brown trout in the towns, smallmouth in the warm reaches and striped bass in the tidal water.

The reach anglers travel for is the East Outlet and the upper river from Indian Pond down through the gorge and Wyman Lake to Bingham and Solon. Landlocked salmon are the marquee fish, chasing smelt in spring and taking dry flies in the summer riffles, and they are joined by brook trout that in this system reach sizes rare anywhere else in the East. Below Wyman Dam the tailwater from Bingham to Solon and Madison is cold, big and productive, and it holds brown and rainbow trout as well as salmon.

The Bingham gauge sits below Wyman Dam and reads the release. Generation drives it, and the river changes level during the day. Guides fish the low-flow windows and time wading around the release; check the schedule as well as the gauge. Spring flows are high and cold, summer releases are more predictable, and fall brings the best fishing of the year as the salmon and browns move.

The Forks, Bingham and Skowhegan cover lodging and outfitters, and the rafting economy at The Forks means there is more infrastructure here than in most of northern Maine.

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Access

East Outlet, Moosehead Lake: the top of the river, walk-in and boat access, the best-known salmon water.
Indian Pond and the Kennebec Gorge: raft launch and remote access.
The Forks: confluence with the Dead River, outfitters and lodging.
Wyman Lake and Wyman Dam: impoundment and the top of the Bingham tailwater.
Bingham and Solon: tailwater accesses near the gauge.
Madison, Skowhegan and Waterville: lower river access in warmer water.

Seasons

April through June: high cold water, smelt runs, the best landlocked salmon fishing of the spring.
July and August: summer flows, dry fly fishing in the riffles, rafting traffic in the gorge.
September and October: fall salmon and brown trout, the strongest month of the year.
Winter: most of the river closes; check current Maine open water and ice fishing rules.

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What is the current flow on the Kennebec River?

As of Oct 19, 3:15 am, the USGS gauge Kennebec River at Bingham, Maine reads 1,680 cfs, the 8th percentile for this date. Conditions update every 15 minutes.

What species can you catch on the Kennebec River?

Anglers target Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Landlocked Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass on the Kennebec River in Maine.

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Where can you access the Kennebec River?

East Outlet, Moosehead Lake: the top of the river, walk-in and boat access, the best-known salmon water. Indian Pond and the Kennebec Gorge: raft launch and remote access. The Forks: confluence with the Dead River, outfitters and lodging. Wyman Lake and Wyman Dam: impoundment and the top of the Bingham tailwater. Bingham and Solon: tailwater accesses near the gauge. Madison, Skowhegan and Waterville: lower river access in warmer water.

When is the best time to fish the Kennebec River?

April through June: high cold water, smelt runs, the best landlocked salmon fishing of the spring. July and August: summer flows, dry fly fishing in the riffles, rafting traffic in the gorge. September and October: fall salmon and brown trout, the strongest month of the year. Winter: most of the river closes; check current Maine open water and ice fishing rules.

Where are the fishing regulations for the Kennebec River?

Regulations change by season and section. Read the current rules on the Maine agency site: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing-boating/fishing/laws-rules/index.html

At a glance

State: Maine
Licence: Maine fishing licence
Type: River
Gauge: USGS 01046500
Guides: 2

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