Hiking Maine’s Baxter State Park: A Guide to the Park’s Greatest Hiking Adventures Including Mount Katahdin

From Grand Pitch on remote Webster Stream to the blueberry covered summit of The Sentinel to dozens of waterfalls and swimming holes on Howe Brook, Hiking Maine’s Baxter StatePark is your source for detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for Baxter State Park’s best hikes. Also included are iconic routes up Katahdin, easy walks to ponds and wetlands where wildlife regularly feed, multi-day trips within the park, and hikes along the southern most section of the International Appalachian Trail.

Greg Westrich is a freelance writer and editor. He has published more than forty articles in newspapers and magazines. He lives in Glenburn, Maine with his wife and two children.