High Peaks (Maine)

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The High Peaks is a region of the US state of Maine, lying entirely within Franklin County. It is roughly bounded by State Route 4 to the southwest, State Route 16 to the northwest, State Route 16/27 to the northeast and State Route 142 to the southeast. The region contains eight of the 14 Maine 4000-footers and includes 21,000 acres above 2700 feet. By comparison, Baxter State Park, which contains Maine's highest mountain, Mount Katahdin, and has a similar overall land area, has 39% less land over 2700 feet. The Appalachian Trail passes through the area, covering a distance of 32.2 miles and climbing a total of 10,000 feet.

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• http://www.matlt.org/High%20Peaks.asp

4000-foot mountains of New England
Maine:
Baxter State Park:		Katahdin (Baxter) • Katahdin (Hamlin) • North Brother
High Peaks:		Abraham • Crocker • Redington • Saddleback • Saddleback, The Horn • South Crocker • Spaulding • Sugarloaf
Bigelow Range:		Bigelow (Avery) • Bigelow (West)
Eastern White Mountains:		Old Speck
New Hampshire:
Northern ranges:		Cabot • Waumbek
Carter-Moriah Range:		Carter Dome • Middle Carter • Moriah • South Carter • Wildcat (A) • Wildcat (D)
Presidential Range:		Adams • Eisenhower • Jackson • Jefferson • Isolation • Madison • Monroe • Pierce • Washington
Crawford Notch area:		Field • Tom • Willey
Twin Range:		Bond • Bond (West) • Bondcliff • Galehead • Hale • North Twin • South Twin • Zealand
Pemigewasset Wilderness:		Carrigain • Hancock (North) • Hancock (South) • Owl's Head
Sandwich Range:		Osceola • Osceola (East) • Tripyramid (Middle) • Tripyramid (North) • Passaconaway • Tecumseh • Whiteface
Franconia Range:		Flume • Garfield • Lafayette • Liberty • Lincoln
Western White Mountains:		Cannon • Kinsman (North) • Kinsman (South) • Moosilauke
Vermont:
Green Mountains:		Abraham • Camel's Hump • Ellen • Killington • Mansfield

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