Lower Shin Pond Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on Lower Shin Pond in Penobscot County, Maine.

1 of these launches include facility details from Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Boating Facilities Division.

Lower Shin Pond facts

Surface area655 acres
TypeLake/Pond
Average depthabout 29 ft (modelled estimate)
Water volumeabout 18,111 acre-feet (modelled)
Shoreline lengthabout 6.8 miles
Surface elevation781 ft above sea level

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

Wildlife you might see at Lower Shin Pond

Most-observed birds: Evening Grosbeak (2), Ring-billed Gull (1), Common Loon (1), Broad-winged Hawk (1), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1), American Black Duck (1), Mallard (1), Common Merganser (1), Ring-necked Duck (1), Eastern Phoebe (1).

Other wildlife: Spotted Salamander (14), Spring Peeper (11), Wood Frog (6), North American Green Frog (4), American Bullfrog (3), Common Snapping Turtle (1).

Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (28 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.

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