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APPALACHIAN TRAIL
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| LOCATION:
Southwest Maine |
| HIKE
STARTS: Kennebec River |
| HIKE ENDS:
Pleasant Pond Shelter |
| TOTAL
DISTANCE: 5.7 Miles |
| HIKE TYPE:
One Way, Shuttle Hike |
| HIKE
DIFFICULTY: Easy to Moderate |
| TRAILS
USED: Appalachian Trail |
| TRAIL
TRAFFIC: Heavy |
| TRIP TYPE:
Day Hike |
| MANAGEMENT:
AT Conference |
HIGHLIGHTS: The hike from the
Kennebec River to Mount Katahdin is the final stretch of trail for northbound
thru-hikers, and there are frequent rock scrambles and numerous river and stream
crossings in this section. Many streams require fording (since the spring runoff
washes away the smaller bridges that are found in most other states) and this
small creek just north of Caratunk was no exception during our hike. It had
swollen from heavy rains that caused a flash flood during the day and Mackie and
I were not sure we could cross it when we first ran into the raging stream.
We hiked this short section of trail on our
1996 cross-country trip. It is just north of the Kennebec River (and near the
small town of Caratunk, Maine) and is a fairly easy day hike. We started at
Pleasant Pond, visited the nearby Lean-To (or shelter as they say in the South),
then followed the Trail back to Caratunk. The rains were heavy during our hike,
and most of the Appalachian Trail was under water (but you are likely to have
much better weather than we did).
MORE DETAILS
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click to see trail photos from this
section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine:
July 5, 1996 |
| click to
view a
complete photo gallery for my A.T. thru-hike through Maine: September 19-October 2,
1994
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click to
view a detailed
trail journal from the Appalachian Trail in Maine: September-October,
1994
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click to
view a trip
report from this hike near the Kennebec River in Maine: September
19-October 2, 1994
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click to
view maps of
the Appalachian Trail in Maine: area map, detailed map
(Kennebec
River to Pleasant Pond)*,
profile map
(Kennebec
River to Pleasant Pond)*,
Baxter State Park
map, Katahdin detail map,
Katahdin
profile map |
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which has details on this destination |
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