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Author:
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BugMaster
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Activity:
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Hiking
ActivitySearchHiking
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State:
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Maine (ME)
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Distance:
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9.8 mi
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Difficulty:
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7 / 10
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Rating:
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Unrated
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Mapped by Jeff Chow
TO TRAILHEAD: I-95 N to ME 157 W to Millinocket; follow signs to Baxter SP. In 18 mi., bear R to Togue Pond and park's S entrance. Turn L onto Perimeter Rd.; Katahdin Stream Campground is in 8.2 mi. (arrive early, limited parking).

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KAT01
| Dist: 4.88 mi |
Points: 474 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
Speed: 0.0 mph |
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Katahdin Track
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
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
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
KAT007
Location: 45.900017°, -68.946785°
Tundralike Tableland: this boulder field was deposited by the glacier that lopped off the mountain's top
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
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 (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