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Mount Katahdin, Millinocket, ME

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Mount Katahdin

Climb Maine's highest peak, a strenuous granite summit hike that marks the northern end of the Appalachian Trail.

Baxter State Park, Katahdin trailheads off Park Tote Rd · Millinocket, ME

About Mount Katahdin

Katahdin, the Penobscot name for 'Great Mountain', rises 5,269 feet as the centerpiece of Baxter State Park and the highest point in Maine. A summit hike gains around 4,000 feet and the park puts the average round trip at 8 to 12 hours. The Hunt Trail follows the Appalachian Trail to its northern end on Baxter Peak. Day hikers who are not camping in the park need a Katahdin Trailhead Pass to be sure of parking at a Katahdin trailhead from June to October.

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    Baxter State Park

    Under $25

    At this wilderness park you can climb Katahdin, Maine's highest peak, and reach the northern end of the Appalachian Trail.

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    Chesuncook Lake Boom House

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    A restored 1916 log-drive boomhouse on a hill where Chesuncook and Ripogenus lakes meet, now run as a small museum.

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    Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

    No admission fee

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

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    Lily Bay State Park

    Check prices

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    Old Blacksmith Shop Museum

    Check prices

    A preserved 19th-century rural forge on Dawes Road, run by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society, with much of its original equipment still in place.

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  • Museums

    Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum

    Under $25

    A collection of rural life artifacts and farm equipment housed in several buildings in Littleton, Maine.

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