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Appalachian Trail: Jo-Mary Road to Mount Katahdin

 

This 53.2-mile section is wild and remote, stringing together the 100-Mile Wilderness to Mount Katahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern-most point on the Appalachian Trail.

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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Activity: Backpacking
State: Maine (ME)
Distance: 52.87 mi 
Difficulty: 10 / 10
Rating: 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.

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

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Dist: 52.87 mi Points: 4949
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Jo-Mary Road to Mount Katahdin

Points of Interest

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°





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