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Baxter State Park
- Established
- 1931
- Acreage
- 209,501 · 209,501 acres (grew via 28 Percival Baxter donations 1931-1962)
- Location
- Piscataquis County, ME
- Key features
- Mount Katahdin (5,267 ft, ME's highest peak); northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail; wilderness lakes
- Activities
- Backpacking, hiking, mountaineering, canoeing, fishing, primitive camping
- Notable
- Donated by former Gov. Percival P. Baxter to be kept 'forever wild'; AT terminus at Baxter Peak
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Source: baxterstatepark.org · 2026-05-07