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Percival P. Baxter made it his life’s “magnificent obsession” to create, protect, and provide to the people of Maine a wilderness haven encompassing some of the most rugged terrain in the Northeast. Learn why this landscape deserves such lifelong devotion.
Feb 23, 2024 · Purposely maintained as a wilderness, Baxter State Park is a unique adventure of more than 40 peaks, 200 miles of hiking trails, white water rapids, and more...
One of the Park’s busiest campgrounds, and the most popular trailhead for hiking to Chimney Pond, and Katahdin. Roaring Brook also provides close access to the Avalanche Field trailhead for Martin Ponds, the Katahdin Lake day use shelter with day use canoes and the Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps. 26mi to Millinocket.
Baxter State Park is a large wilderness area permanently preserved as a state park in Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County in north-central Maine, United States. It is in the North Maine Woods region and borders the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on the east.
The Traveler Loop summits three peaks, Peak of the Ridges, The Traveler and North Traveler Mountain and the hike requires a total elevation gain of 3,700 feet, only 400 feet less than required of a Katahdin hike on the Hunt Trail.
Learn about making reservations, camping, backcountry, hiking, what to expect, and important info in our Know Before You Go publication about exploring Baxter State Park.
You book through the wilderness camps and park in Baxter going towards Roaring Brook, Avalanche parking area, and hike about 3 miles into Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps (or you can charter a float plane).
