Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 453 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the west-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is South Turner Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.5 miles off.
Percival Proctor Baxter
What the record says
- Built
- 1925
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- South Turner Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pamola: 2.5 mi
- Chimney Peak: 2.6 mi
- East Turner Mountain: 2.6 mi
- South Peak: 3.1 mi
- Ledge Falls: 5.2 mi
- Orin Falls: 5.8 mi
- Norway Falls: 6.0 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 6.0 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 6.2 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 6.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 12.0 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 18.8 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 19.0 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 11.5 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 14.4 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 20.2 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 19.8 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 20.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 20.1 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 20.1 mi
- Windey Pitch: 2.9 mi
- Table Land: 3.8 mi
- The Gateway: 4.9 mi
- Snub Pitch: 8.2 mi
- Owls Head: 22.7 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 18.0 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 18.3 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 19.5 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 20.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 3.6 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 4.1 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 7.1 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 11.3 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 21.2 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 8.5 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Baxter State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | WSW 251° | 1,605 m | 3.3 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 247° | 1,603 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pamola | WSW 248° | 1,495 m | 2.5 mi |
| Chimney Peak | WSW 247° | 1,491 m | 2.6 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | W 275° | 1,446 m | 3.4 mi |
| Howe Peaks | WNW 286° | 1,416 m | 3.4 mi |
| North Brother | WNW 293° | 1,235 m | 6.7 mi |
| South Brother | WNW 284° | 1,208 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:03 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4391900097
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