Sunset over Katahdin from Sandy Stream Pond on the last full day of summer. I visited Baxter often this summer and plan to return this fall for the spectacular foliage.
Category Archives: Baxter State Park
Lunch Time
A cow moose emerges from the water in Sandy Stream Pond in Baxter State Park after eating plants from the bottom of the pond.
Chimney Pond
I camped at Chimney Pond this week. The late summer weather was perfect for my hike up the Hamlin Ridge trail and across the northern side of Katahdin on the North Peaks trail. Fall color has started to appear on the mountain.
Light on Pamola Peak
Late day light highlights Pamola Peak on Mount Katahdin.
View from Hamlin Ridge
Looking east from Katahdin’s Hamlin Ridge. The view includes North and South Turner Mountains, Blueberry Pond and Blueberry Knoll in the North Basin, Basin Ponds, Dry Pond, South Branch Pond, Katahdin Lake, and the mountains in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
South Basin from the Knife Edge
A view of the South Basin and Chimney Pond from Katahdin’s Knife Edge, with the headwalls of the North Basin in the background.
The Owl
The Owl in Baxter State Park is the first in a chain of mountains west of Katahdin. This view is from Kidney Pond.
View from Sentinel Mountain
At 1843 feet, Sentinel mountain in Baxter State Park’s southwest corner is not a high peak, but nevertheless has great views of the West Branch of the Penbscot River to the west and all the peaks from Moose Bosom and Doubletop to Katahdin to the east/northeast.
Katahdin Tableland
Looking toward Hamlin Peak from the Katahdin tableland. The Saddle Trail is at the left edge (center).
Knife Edge
Looking back at Chimney and Pamola Peaks from the Knife Edge on Katahdin.
light on the trail 