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Mount Katahdin (/ k ə ˈ t ɑː d ɪ n / kə-TAH-din) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at 5,269 feet (1,606 m). Named Katahdin, which means "Great Mountain", [3] by the Penobscot Native Americans, it is within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park.
The Katahdin is a historic steamboat berthed on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine. Built in 1914 at the Bath Iron Works, it at first served the tourist trade on the lake before being converted to a towboat hauling lumber. It was fully restored in the 1990s by the nonprofit Moosehead Maritime Museum, and is again giving tours on the lake.
Mount Katahdin, photographed from the park. Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is a U.S. national monument spanning 87,563 acres (137 sq mi) of mountains and forestland in northern Penobscot County, Maine, including a section of the East Branch Penobscot River. [1] The monument is located on the eastern border of Maine's Baxter State ...
Baxter State Park is a large wilderness area permanently preserved as a state park in Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County in north-central Maine, United States.It is in the North Maine Woods region and borders the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on the east.
The camera also shows some of the top branches of the trees shifting back and forth amid the shaking. According to the USGS, the largest known New England earthquakes occurred in 1638 with a ...
Set on the shoreline of Chesuncook Lake and facing Mount Katahdin in the distance, the Lake House and its acreage are one of the few remaining North Woods "logging hotels" which at one time were built at intervals of every 14 miles (this was the average distance a man could walk in one day) through the logging regions in order to house and feed ...
Mount Katahdin is visible from the top of Mars Hill over 85 miles (135 km) away. Mars Hill also has a ski area, called Big Rock Ski Area . By virtue of its height and Northeast location, the summit of Mars Hill is the first place in the contiguous United States to see the Sun rise for nearly half of the year, from March 25 to September 18. [ 2 ]
Peaks in the state of Maine [1] [2] Mountain Peak Elevation Prominence Isolation Location County; Mount Abraham: 4,049 ft 1234 m: 899 ft 274 m: 4.11 mi 6.62 km Franklin: Agamenticus: 692 ft 211 m: 522 ft 159 m: 12.05 mi 19.4 km