Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

A wild national monument in Maine offering views of Katahdin, rivers, forests, and some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi.

PO Box 446, Patten, ME 04765 · Patten, ME

About Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Set on the eastern side of Katahdin, this national monument protects woods, rivers, streams, bogs, and habitat for birds and other wildlife. The Katahdin View Overlook offers scenery of the mountain, which itself lies outside National Park Service boundaries. Visitors can hike, picnic, camp, paddle the East Branch Penobscot River, and see fall foliage. The Tekαkαpimək Contact Station presents natural and cultural history through a Wabanaki perspective. The monument is a certified International Dark Sky Sanctuary, and hunting is allowed on land east of the East Branch Penobscot River.

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