
Huge granite boulders surround much of the shoreline of Hurd Pond in the Debsconeag Wilderness. Mount Katahdin dominates the landscape in the region. I made this shot from my kayak.

Huge granite boulders surround much of the shoreline of Hurd Pond in the Debsconeag Wilderness. Mount Katahdin dominates the landscape in the region. I made this shot from my kayak.

Detail of water droplets and moss in Katahdin Stream Falls, Baxter State Park.

Katahdin Stream Falls in Baxter State Park is only about a mile hike from the trailhead of the Hunt trail.

Mount Katahdin is reflected in Kidney Pond early one morning in Maine’s Baxter State Park.

Rocks, ripples, and golden light reflections in South Branch Pond in Baxter State Park.

Looking up Nesowadnehunk Stream in Baxter State Park with Mount OJI in the background. Two waterfalls are downstream from this point — Little and Big Niagara Falls.

Doubletop Mountain in Baxter State Park as viewed from Nesowadnehunk Stream in early October.

Doubletop Mountain viewed from the Mount Coe slide in Baxter State Park.
Mount Coe, at 3795 feet, is one of three mountains on an exhilarating 9-10 hour loop hike. The others are North Brother (4151 feet) and South Brother (3970 feet).

Lower South Branch Pond in northern Baxter State Park is surrounded by the Traveler range in the east and South Branch Mountain in the west. Summer rain showers and the late day sun through the clouds produced this rainbow over the Traveler range.

Clouds settling in over the Katahdin headwall as viewed from Chimney Pond. Baxter State Park, Maine.