Rangeley Lakes / Height of Land (ME 17)

Western Maine climb to the Height of Land overlook above Mooselookmeguntic Lake.

ME 17 climbs through the western Maine mountains from Houghton up to the Height of Land, an overlook long rated among New England's finest, gazing down on Mooselookmeguntic and the Upper Richardson lakes before dropping toward Oquossoc and Rangeley. It is a sweeping, scenic touring road rather than a technical one, spectacular at peak foliage. Much of it runs through remote forest with limited services. Mind moose on the road especially at dawn and dusk, cars stopping abruptly for the overlook, and frost-heaved pavement in spring.