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Mount Blue is a mountain 3,187 ft (971.4 m), in Franklin County, western Maine. To the south and west it drains into the Androscoggin River Valley, while the north and east slopes drain toward the Sandy River in the Kennebec River Valley. The summit and much of the trail are in the town of Avon, while the lower part of the trail is in Weld. [3 ...
The area is roughly bounded by State Route 27, Watson Pond Rd., Belgrade Rd., and Kimball Pond Rd., plus extensions east of Watson Pond Rd. to Long Pond. It takes its name from its hills, which include McGaffey Mountain, the 1,310-foot (400 m) summit of which is the highest point of Kennebec County. [2]
The Kennebec Valley is a region of the U.S. state of Maine, consisting of the Somerset, Kennebec, and Androscoggin Counties. The area formed as a result of the Wisconsin Glaciation . Notes
Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage Aroostook State Park: Aroostook: Presque Isle: 898 363 1938 Echo Lake Swimming, hiking, camping Baxter State Park: Piscataquis: 209,501 84,782 1931 Hiking on Mount Katahdin: Birch Point State Park: Knox: Owls Head: 62 25 1999 Penobscot Bay: Pocket beach Bradbury Mountain State Park ...
Detail from Montresor's map showing the height of land; Spider Lake and swampy areas are absent. Detail from a 1924 topographic map of the same area, annotated with Arnold's approximate route over the height of land (H). Note Spider Lake and swamps shown to the east of Lake Mégantic; parts of the expedition were lost for days there.
The Maine Land Trust Network (abbreviated MLTN) promotes discussion among the eighty land trusts in Maine, United States. [1] It was established in 1995. [2]As of 2023, MLTN members have conserved over 2,685,000 acres (1,087,000 ha) of land, maintain over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of hiking trails, and provide over 340 water access points.
The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, passes within a mile of the summit, skirting the peak to the west, and the summit is reached by a 0.6 mi (0.97 km) side trail. This side trail, and a trail down the east side of Sugarloaf, were originally part of the AT, which has been relocated down ...
The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) [1] river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine . The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward.