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Another Maine treasure is Baxter State Park, home of Mt. Katahdin.  The highest peak in Maine at roughly 5,300 feet (way above Cadillac), Katahdin is best known as the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.  Once again there are several different ways to get to the top, but being a Maine resident, I always enjoyed residency privileges and ascended via the Helon N. Taylor trail, which begins from Roaring Brook campground (it is a lot easier to reserve a tent site here if ...

A friend and I hiked part of Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park of Maine on June 30th, 2007.  Baxter Peak is the highest point in Maine at about 5,200 feet.  Mt. Katahdin is also the start (or finish) of the Appalachian Trail.  It was an awesome hike.  We got up around 3:30am to get to the gate by 4:30am.  They open the gate to the park at 5am, and we were told to get there a little early because cars line up since they only let in a finite number of hikers per day.&...