Baxter State Park: Katahdin via Appalachian Trail

KAT01

Dist: 4.88 mi	Points: 474	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Garmin

Location: 38.855549°, -94.799019°

Garmin Europe

Location: 50.982883°, -1.463900°

Garmin Taiwan

Location: 25.061783°, 121.640266°

GC11MVH

Location: 33.490318°, -81.984863°
TTX Railcar by the4bucks, Trad

GCH126

Location: 33.523335°, -82.003784°
Savannah River Bluffs Cache by

GCKGZP

Location: 33.502567°, -81.989517°
Stanton Cliffs Cache by HorseR

GCM826

Location: 33.546932°, -81.721748°
Not Your Garden Variety Cache

GCMWGR

Location: 33.497982°, -81.989067°
Cache 78 by pgustaf249, Tradit

GCT009

Location: 33.517349°, -81.980133°
The Greene Giant by Jotrag, Tr

GCTM5Y

Location: 33.491699°, -81.972267°
Honor Those Who Have Served by

KAT001

Location: 45.886780°, -68.999687°
Head NE on Hunt Trail/AT from Katahdin Stream Campground to trailhead register (check weather @ ranger station). Look NE to serrated ramparts of Katahdin

KAT001

Location: 45.886780°, -68.999687°
HEAD NE ON HUNT TRAILAT FROM K

KAT002

Location: 45.893757°, -68.989960°
MODERATE ASCENT FOLLOWING STRE

KAT002

Location: 45.893757°, -68.989960°
Moderate ascent following streambed

KAT003

Location: 45.895935°, -68.984467°
Bear R @ Y (still AT). In 250 ft., cross bridge

KAT003

Location: 45.895935°, -68.984467°
BEAR R Y STILL AT IN 250 FT C

KAT004

Location: 45.895565°, -68.983330°
Bear R @ Y (still AT). In 250 ft., cross bridge

KAT005

Location: 45.895599°, -68.968246°
Pass stream; small grotto just below treeline

KAT006

Location: 45.897884°, -68.956566°
AT enters The Gateway, a difficult section requiring steep scrambling over jumbled piles of rock with rebar handholds

KAT006

Location: 45.897884°, -68.956566°
AT ENTERS THE GATEWAY A DIFFIC

KAT007

Location: 45.900017°, -68.946785°
Tundralike Tableland: this boulder field was deposited by the glacier that lopped off the mountain's top

KAT007

Location: 45.900017°, -68.946785°
TUNDRALIKE TABLELAND THIS BOUL

KAT008

Location: 45.898232°, -68.936584°
STRAIGHT 4-WAY ON AT PASS THO

KAT008

Location: 45.898232°, -68.936584°
Straight @ 4-way on AT; pass Thoreau Spring; precipitous drops of Witherle Ravine to N

KAT009

Location: 45.904449°, -68.921417°
Baxter Peak (5,267 ft.): sign marks N terminus of AT and highest point in ME; on fog-free days, see across hundreds of lakes set among spruce and fir; continue E

KAT009

Location: 45.904449°, -68.921417°
BAXTER PEAK 5267 FT SIGN MARKS

KAT010

Location: 45.902935°, -68.917969°
HEAD SE ON SLIM RIDGE TO SOUTH

KAT010

Location: 45.902935°, -68.917969°
Head SE on slim ridge to South Peak (Note: Katahdin has three summits: Baxter, South, and Chimney Peaks)

KAT011

Location: 45.902153°, -68.916725°
SOUTH PEAK 5240 FT THE KNIFE E

KAT011

Location: 45.902153°, -68.916725°
South Peak (5,240 ft.): The Knife Edge extends NE to Pamola, a dome outcrop believed by Abenakis to hold Big K's moody, weather-controlling deity; backtrack on AT to return

Katahdin Ascent

Location: 45.898323°, -68.952927°
©Jeff Chow

KATAHDINASCENT

Location: 45.898323°, -68.952927°
JEFF CHOW

Mt. Katahdin

Location: 45.882133°, -69.030281°
Katahdin from the west side of Daicey Pond. ©Jeff Chow

Mt. Katahdin from Baxter State Park

Location: 45.836418°, -68.966026°
©Jeff Chow

MTKATAHDIN

Location: 45.882133°, -69.030281°
KATAHDIN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF

MTKATAHDINFROM

Location: 45.836418°, -68.966026°
JEFF CHOW

The Knife Edge

Location: 45.902027°, -68.914253°
©Jeff Chow

THEKNIFEEDGE

Location: 45.902027°, -68.914253°
JEFF CHOW