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Park ponds and streams are open to either fly fishing or general law fishing as determined by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Baxter State Park Authority. Snowmobiling is permitted on the Tote Road, the 46-mile (74 km) dirt road connecting the park's south gate at Togue Pond and the north gate at Matagamon.
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: Cumberland: Pownal: 730 300 1939 Mountain biking Camden Hills ...
In 1903 Baxter went on a fishing trip to the area around Katahdin for the first time. In 1895 the Maine Proprietors Association had urged the state to turn that area of the Maine woods into a state park to attract tourists. In 1911 a bill was introduced to turn the region into a U.S. National Park but none of the plans came to fruition. In 1916 ...
To the north of the chain of lakes, but not contiguous with it, is Baxter State Park 209,000 acres (850 km 2), and to the west are the 43,000-acre (170 km 2) Nahmakanta Public lands. There is a state-sponsored boat access ramp in Partridge Cove off Route 11 at . Water clarity as indicated by the Secchi Disk: Range of 2007 Average Secchi Disk ...
Nahmakanta Lake is the source of Nahmakanta Stream in the North Maine Woods. Nahmakanta Stream flows 4 miles (6.4 km) from the southeast end of the lake in Maine Township 1, Range 11, to the Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes in Township 1, Range 10. The Appalachian Trail follows Nahmakanta
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 ...
Location: Piscataquis County, Maine: Coordinates: 1]: Lake type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Loon Stream: Primary outflows: Caucomgomoc Stream: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 5.6 mi (9.0 km) [2]: Max. width: 1.6 mi (2.6 km) [2]: Surface area: 4,594 acres (1,859 ha) [3]: Max. depth: 79 feet (24 m) [4]: Water volume: 103,839 acre⋅ft (128,084,000 m 3) [3]: Surface elevation: 997 ...
Millinocket Lake is the source of Millinocket Stream in the North Maine Woods north of Baxter State Park. Millinocket Stream flows 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to Maine township 8, range 8, where it joins Munsungan Stream to form the Aroostook River. The lake extending along the border of Maine range 9 townships 7 and 8 is impounded behind a wooden dam. [2]