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Mount Pisgah is a mountain located in the town of Winthrop, Maine.Its summit is the fifth highest in Kennebec County. [1]A popular hiking loop, made up of the .7 mile Tower Trail and 1.3 mile Blueberry Trail, provides access to a fire tower at the top of Mount Pisgah.
Winthrop is also home to Mt. Pisgah (pronounced piss-gah, from the Hebrew word for summit or lookout), which is 807 ft above sea level and home to the Maine Fire Services watch tower that was in service from 1949 to 1992, when air patrols rendered it obsolete. The tower still stands to this day and is accessible by a hiking trail.
The Moses Bailey House stands on the west side of Winthrop Center Road (Maine State Route 135), just north of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. It is a typical New England connected farmstead, with a main house connected to a barn via two ells, all stretched along the road. The main facade of the house faces east, toward the road.
Mount Pisgah is the highest point in Northborough, Massachusetts. Features of the land include: Hardwood forest on former farmland; Two scenic vistas to the east and Boston, MA skyscrapers visible on a clear day; Connection to trails in Berlin, MA; 92 acres (370,000 m 2) of land owned by MassWildlife
The isthmus is traversed by Narrows Pond Road, and a culvert connects the two lakes. People in canoes or kayaks can travel between the two lakes, though only by carrying watercraft over the causeway and road. Upper Narrows Pond covers 222 acres (90 ha) with a mean depth of 25 feet (7.6 m) and a maximum depth of 59 feet (18 m).
Pisgah State Park is a 13,300-acre (5,400 ha) public recreation area located in the Cheshire County towns of Winchester, Chesterfield and Hinsdale in New Hampshire. [4] [5] It is the largest state park in New Hampshire and contains a complete watershed north of the Ashuelot River, seven ponds, four highland ridges, numerous wetlands, [4] and a 20-acre (8 ha) parcel of old-growth forest.
Winthrop is located in southwestern Kennebec County at (44.311812, −69.968699), [3] in the center of the town of Winthrop The village is in the Winthrop Lakes Region and sits between the outlet of Maranacook Lake and the inlet of Annabessacook Lake along their connecting stream, which falls 40 feet (12 m) in 0.6 miles (0.97 km).
Routes 133 and 41 run concurrently for about two miles (3.2 km) in Winthrop. After splitting from SR 41 in Winthrop, the road heads west towards Wayne , where it meets the eastern end of SR 219 . After the SR 219 junction, it heads north to the northern end of SR 106 at Livermore Falls .