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Mount Kineo is a prominent geological feature located on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) peninsula that extends from the easterly shore of Moosehead Lake in the northern forest of Maine. With 700-foot (210 m) cliffs rising straight up from the water, it is the central feature of Mount Kineo State Park , a protected area of 800 acres (320 ha) managed by ...
Mount Kineo, with 700-foot (210 m) cliffs rising straight up from Moosehead Lake, has attracted visitors for centuries, from early American Indians (Red Paint People), to later tribes seeking its rhyolite to make stone tools, Penobscots and Norridgewocks, the Abenaki bands who battled here with their enemy the Mohawks, to 19th-century "rusticators" traveling by railroad and steamboat and today ...
Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in New England, stretching north for 40 miles (64 km) from Greenville, Maine. About halfway up the lake stands Mount Kineo, which stands on a peninsula jutting west into the lake and rises 800 feet (240 m) above it. A flat neck of land extends southward from the mountain, on which the Mount Kineo Resort was ...
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Mount Blue State Park: Franklin: Weld: 7,489 3,031 1955 Webb Lake: Beach, hiking, camping Mount Kineo State Park: Piscataquis: Kineo Township 800 320 Moosehead Lake: Trails, vistas Owls Head Light State Park: Knox: Owls Head: 13 5.3 Penobscot Bay: Beaches, lighthouse Peacock Beach State Park: Sagadahoc: Richmond: 10 4.0 Pleasant Pond Locally ...
The Breakwater is a two-story wood-frame structure, set at the southern end of the narrow peninsula projecting south from Mount Kineo into Moosehead Lake, Maine's largest lake. The main block is set on stone piers and topped by a shingled hip roof, with a side ell of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 stories that is gambrel-roofed. The primary facade faces the lake ...
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The state park occupies 924 acres (374 ha) on the southeast shore of Moosehead Lake, the largest lake in New England. It was established in 1961 on woodland primarily donated by the Scott Paper Company in 1959. [3] The park offers camping, boating, fishing, swimming, and snowmobiling. [1]