Mount Katahdin

Mount Katahdin (1938 )

Mount Katahdin is ( 5273 ft ) with a height of 1606 meters is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine. He is the center of Baxter State Park, a large nature reserve. At its highest summit, Baxter Peak, ending the Appalachian Trail. The name comes from the residents in the surrounding tribes of Penobscot, who called him Ktaadn, and means something like " Big Mountain".

History

The first known sighting of the mountain by a non-natives was reported in 1764 by Joseph Chadwick. The first known ascent of the summit took place in 1804 by a team of twelve hikers held under the direction of Charles Turner Jr.. Other ascents followed in 1819 and 1820. The local Indian tribes avoided the summit, because according to a legend there would have pitched his summer camp a demon and would only fly in the winter under a lot of noise in the warm south.

Since 1877, there is a solid base for climbs available, since 1930, the massif is an important part of the company founded at the time, Baxter State Park, the largest nature reserve north of the Mississippi. Since 1938, the Appalachian Trail ends at the highest of the three peaks of the massif.

Until the 1920s, intensive deforestation was operated on its slopes. Meanwhile, the slopes, as again covered from the encroachments of Lumberjacks until the tree line with dense pine forests.

Location

The massif is found near the center of the eastern boundary of the Piscataquis County, where it forms the southern third of Baxter State Park. At his feet unite the water-rich west arm and the smaller eastern arm of the Penobscot River. Mount Katahdin is not accessible by car; the closest car park is on the " Chimney pond campground", the nearest large city is located about 40 km southeast Millinocket, the nearest airport is Bangor.

Height

Mount Katahdin is divided into three peaks, which have their own names:

• Baxter Peak ( 1,606 m, corresponding to 5273 ft), located at the eastern
• South Peak (1596 m, corresponding to 5240 ft), in the middle of the three peaks
• Pamola Peak ( 1493 m, corresponding to 4902 feet), to the west of the massif

Others

Two ships of the U.S. Navy have been named "USS Katahdin "; also was a steamship of 1914, which is owned by the Moosehead Marine Museum and crosses on the Moosehead Lake, named after the mountain.