Mount Katahdin

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Mount Katahdin is the highest peak in Maine and a prominent mountain in Baxter State Park, renowned as the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail and a central symbol of the state's rugged wilderness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
natural landmark
accessRegulatedBy Baxter State Park reservation system
alsoKnownAs Mount Katahdin
surface form: Katahdin
country United States of America
surface form: United States
elevation 1606 meters
5267 feet
formedBy intrusive igneous activity
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasGlacialCirque North Basin
South Basin
hasListing New England 4000-footers
Northeast 111 4000-footers
U.S. state high point
hasNameOrigin Penobscot language
hasNotableFeature Knife Edge arête
alpine tundra zone
steep glacial cirques
hasOfficialName Mount Katahdin self-link
hasRidge Cathedral Ridge
Hunt Spur
Knife Edge
hasRockType granite
hasSummit Baxter Peak
Hamlin Peak
hasTrail Abol Trail
Cathedral Trail
Hunt Trail
surface form: Helon Taylor Trail

Hunt Trail
isDepictedOn Maine
surface form: Maine state quarter reverse design
isEndpointOf International Appalachian Trail
isHighestPointOf Maine
isNorthernTerminusOf Appalachian Trail
isPopularFor backpacking
hiking
mountaineering
isProtectedBy Baxter State Park
surface form: Baxter State Park Authority
isSacredTo Penobscot people
isSymbolOf Maine wilderness
locatedIn Baxter State Park
Maine
Piscataquis County, Maine
nameMeaning The Greatest Mountain
nearestTown Millinocket, Maine
partOf Appalachian Mountains
prominence 1307 meters
4288 feet
withinProtectedArea Baxter State Park

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Millinocket Lake region nearbyPeak Mount Katahdin