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The Western Lakes and Mountains region spans most of Maine's western border with New Hampshire. A small part of the scenic White Mountain National Forest is located in this area. The region consists of Oxford County, Androscoggin County, Franklin County, as well as northern York and interior Cumberland counties.
Catherine Mountain (colloquially, Catherine's Hill) is a 962-foot-high (293 m) mountain in Township 10 SD (commonly referred to as the Blackswoods Township or Blacks Woods District) Hancock County, Maine. [1]
As Somerset County, Massachusetts, from parts of Kennebec County: The county of Somerset in England. 51,302: 4,095 sq mi (10,606 km 2) Waldo County: 027: Belfast: 1827: From parts of Hancock County, Kennebec County and Lincoln County: Samuel Waldo, Maine landowner and a colonial soldier in the 1745 siege of Louisbourg. 40,620: 853 sq mi (2,209 ...
Peaks in the state of Maine [1] [2] Mountain Peak Elevation Prominence Isolation Location County; Mount Abraham: 4,049 ft 1234 m: 899 ft 274 m: 4.11 mi 6.62 km Franklin: Agamenticus: 692 ft 211 m: 522 ft 159 m: 12.05 mi 19.4 km
The area is also populated by a series of hills and hollows, as part of the inland Schoodic Foothills and Outback region of Hancock County, Maine. In the late 2000s developers sought permission to construct various renewable energy projects in land within or adjacent to the Town, such as the Bull Hill Wind Power Site.
The White Mountain National Forest, formed in 1911 after passage of the Weeks Act, includes most of the mountain range and now covers 800,000 acres (3,200 km 2) in New Hampshire and western Maine. [3] The Mount Washington Auto Road and Mount Washington Cog Railway ascend the range's highest peak, which hosts a visitor center and weather ...
Blueberry Mountain is a mountain located in western Maine. [2] Named because of the abundant blueberries on its summit and upper slopes, it is a popular day hike. The summit area is partially open and has good views over Evans Notch and toward North and South Baldface in New Hampshire. It is ascended by the White Cairn, Stone House, and ...
Aroostook County is Maine's largest county by area, about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. The county high point is Peaked Mountain, elevation 2,230 feet (680 m), whose western slopes are in the north east corner of Piscataquis County.