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Backpacker Magazine
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Activity:
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Backpacking
ActivitySearchBackpacking
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Maine (ME)
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Distance:
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52.87 mi
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Difficulty:
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10 / 10
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Rating:
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Unrated
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Shelters: Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to; sleeps 8. Wadleigh Stream Lean-to; sleeps 6. Rainbow Stream Lean-to; sleeps 6. Hurd Brook Lean-to; sleeps 6.
TO TRAILHEAD: Start: From Millinocket, ME, take ME 11 south 15.5 miles to Jo Mary Lake Rd. Turn right and take Jo Mary Lake Rd. 11.6 miles to trailhead.
End: From Millinocket, ME, take Bates St. north (Bates turns into Millinocket Rd. and Golden Rd.) 12.6 miles. Bear right onto Debsconeag Rd. for .4 mile, then turn right onto Baxter Park Rd. Turn left on Park Tote Rd. and drive 8 miles to trailhead in Katahdin Stream Campground parking lot.

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| Dist: 52.87 mi |
Points: 4949 |
Calories: none |
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Jo-Mary Road to Mount Katahdin
WPT008
Location: 45.840984°, -68.977066°
Streamlet
WPT002
Location: 45.895935°, -68.984467°
Owl Trail
WPT009
Location: 45.841835°, -68.983170°
Foss and Knowlton stream
WPT012
Location: 45.653915°, -69.009865°
Blue-blazed to Cooper Pond
WPT018
Location: 45.882416°, -69.031486°
Parking; road to Daicey Pond and Campground
WPT008
Location: 45.812168°, -69.094170°
Rainbow Lake
WPT021
Location: 45.685833°, -69.012718°
Trail to Sand Beach
WPT005
Location: 45.839401°, -68.964851°
ABOL POND TR/KIOSK for the Birches sign up and park use 0132 0134 0135 0133
WPT022
Location: 45.773449°, -69.185097°
Trail to viewpoint
WPT007
Location: 45.898232°, -68.936584°
Baxer Peak Cut-off; Thoreau Spring
WPT014
Location: 45.869133°, -69.036484°
Trail to Big Niagara Falls (.1 mi.)
WPT010
Location: 45.841667°, -68.990280°
Gravel road; private home
WPT019
Location: 45.685417°, -69.019920°
Beaches around lake
WPT010
Location: 45.902065°, -68.916618°
South Peak; retrace steps back to Katahdin Stream Campground
WPT016
Location: 45.746948°, -69.144447°
Wadleigh Stream Lean-to
WPT006
Location: 45.900017°, -68.946785°
Tableland
WPT025
Location: 45.784267°, -69.162369°
Stream
WPT007
Location: 45.735451°, -69.054680°
Trail to Nahmakanta Stream Campsite (100 feet)
WPT001
Location: 45.799015°, -69.170281°
Rainbow Stream Lean-to
WPT011
Location: 45.737232°, -69.107902°
Nahmakanta Lake Beach
WPT002
Location: 45.802200°, -69.169769°
Red blaze trail
WPT025
Location: 45.890865°, -69.010033°
AT turns E on gravel road; Perimeter Rd.
WPT010
Location: 45.810184°, -69.067314°
Stream
WPT023
Location: 45.779449°, -69.172737°
AT crosses bridge on road over Pollywog Stream
WPT012
Location: 45.887516°, -68.998650°
Ranger Station to register for the Birches Shelter and to get the latest weather and class information
WPT002
Location: 45.835152°, -68.959030°
AT turns W off Golden Rd.
WPT029
Location: 45.731133°, -69.028069°
Maher Trail/Maher Tote Road to White House Landing; Take this road and the Blue-blazed trail to White House Landing, a popular resupply spot for hikers through the 100-mile wilderness. Blow the horn only during daylight hours to be picked up.
WPT015
Location: 45.746052°, -69.142136°
Wadleigh Stream
WPT017
Location: 45.835434°, -68.971367°
AT turns E on road, Golden Road
WPT003
Location: 45.817917°, -69.163750°
Trail to Rainbow Lake Dam; excellent view of Katahdin
WPT028
Location: 45.729633°, -69.027634°
Road
WPT023
Location: 45.706768°, -69.007347°
Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to
WPT013
Location: 45.653999°, -69.009384°
Road
WPT026
Location: 45.713085°, -69.011864°
Twitchell Brook
WPT011
Location: 45.849033°, -69.020554°
Waterfall
WPT010
Location: 45.737049°, -69.107246°
Picnic Area
WPT005
Location: 45.895599°, -68.968247°
Small stream. Caution: AT does the switchback loop. The path straight ahead is the old AT; watch carefully for blazes.
WPT022
Location: 45.885467°, -69.018181°
Elbow Pond
WPT009
Location: 45.805866°, -69.082115°
Trail to Big Beaver Pond
ZZZ011
Location: 45.651016°, -69.031799°
Jo-Mary Road
WPT020
Location: 45.763248°, -69.175385°
Road
WPT013
Location: 45.859467°, -69.032349°
Indian Pitch
WPT007
Location: 45.838501°, -68.969414°
Foss and Knowlton Trail
WPT024
Location: 45.781265°, -69.164116°
Chute-like Falls
WPT005
Location: 45.734215°, -69.036667°
High-water route
WPT017
Location: 45.756302°, -69.159554°
Gorge
WPT013
Location: 45.736767°, -69.121735°
Prentiss Brook
WPT023
Location: 45.886868°, -69.015068°
Grassy Pond TR
WPT019
Location: 45.881599°, -69.030067°
Daicey Pond
WPT024
Location: 45.888634°, -69.012634°
Elbow Pond outlet
WPT020
Location: 45.882916°, -69.024582°
Grassy Pond Loop Trail
WPT004
Location: 45.733532°, -69.034065°
High-water route .2 mi. rejoins at WPT005
WPT020
Location: 45.686565°, -69.016098°
Potaywadjo Ridge Trail .9 mi.
WPT018
Location: 45.678001°, -69.004280°
Antlers Campsite; Lower Jo Mary Lake
WPT006
Location: 45.838818°, -68.969017°
Katahdin Stream
WPT025
Location: 45.709015°, -69.011597°
road
WPT008
Location: 45.904449°, -68.921417°
Baxter Peak; Northern AT Terminus
WPT016
Location: 45.872833°, -69.038117°
Trail to Toll Dam 15 ft.
WPT018
Location: 45.835350°, -68.967369°
Abol Bridge
WPT011
Location: 45.897884°, -68.956566°
Begin the Gateway a difficult section of trail requiring some steep scrambling
WPY026
Location: 45.885841°, -69.000183°
AT turns W at sign for Katahdin Stream Campground
WPT021
Location: 45.770084°, -69.178200°
Crescent Pond
WPT014
Location: 45.818352°, -69.018654°
50 feet on AT N of Hurd Brook Lean-to
WPT019
Location: 45.759815°, -69.164681°
View of lake
WPT011
Location: 45.817501°, -69.037613°
Stream
WPT027
Location: 45.713749°, -69.011734°
Signed view of Katahdin
WPT018
Location: 45.756935°, -69.165184°
Nesuntabunt Mountain; Trail to view of Katahdin
WPT027
Location: 45.887234°, -68.999733°
Parking picnic area @ Katahdin Stream Campground; AT goes W @ picnic area; Ranger station is across bridge on R
WPT017
Location: 45.880852°, -69.031914°
Daicey Pond Nature Trail
WPT017
Location: 45.666534°, -68.990784°
Trail to Mud Pond access with outlet streams nearby
WPT014
Location: 45.744049°, -69.137718°
Sand Beach and Trail to spring
WPT009
Location: 45.735935°, -69.103432°
Road
WPT012
Location: 45.817951°, -69.019867°
Hurd Brook
WPT022
Location: 45.706001°, -69.007416°
Trail to Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to
WPT012
Location: 45.736198°, -69.115051°
Gravel beach
WPT001
Location: 45.888584°, -68.998535°
Registration clipboard on AT to climb the Hunt Trail
WPT008
Location: 45.734901°, -69.054916°
Nahmakanta Stream Campsite
WPT015
Location: 45.818718°, -69.009430°
Spring
WPT003
Location: 45.895668°, -68.983749°
Katahdin stream and Katahdin Stream Falls
WPT015
Location: 45.869316°, -69.037247°
BIg Niagara Falls
WPT003
Location: 45.836899°, -68.960716°
Abol Stream TR; 50 feet further is a great view of Katahdin
WPT005
Location: 45.822884°, -69.136330°
Trail to Rainbow Spring Tentsite 100 feet spring
WPT007
Location: 45.819099°, -69.105904°
Trail to Rainbow Mountain 1 mi. "easy" good views of Katahdin; track follows part way up to partial views of The Big K
WPT024
Location: 45.706734°, -69.008385°
Potaywadjo Spring; 15-foot diameter bubbling sand spring
Mud Pond
Location: 45.665946°, -68.990622°
Privy
Location: 45.678234°, -69.005234°
Potaywadjo Spring
Location: 45.706768°, -69.008499°
Pemadumcook Lake
Location: 45.713768°, -69.011536°
Views across Pemadumcook Lake in Maine
Location: 45.713768°, -69.011528°
Views
Location: 45.822818°, -68.994141°
Views of Katahdin
Location: 45.835255°, -68.967072°
Views of Katahdin
Location: 45.837448°, -68.960953°
Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park
Location: 45.837448°, -68.960953°
Waterfall
Location: 45.869267°, -69.037087°
Katahdin Stream
Location: 45.886734°, -68.999748°
Hunts Peak
Location: 45.899715°, -68.948646°
Jeff Chow on Mount Katahdin
Location: 45.904449°, -68.921417°
Mount Katahdin Summit
Location: 45.904385°, -68.921265°