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Mount Katahdin
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Katahdin from 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
Highest point
Elevation 5,267 ft (1,605 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 4,288 ft (1,307 m)
Listing
Geography
Mount Katahdin is located in Maine
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin is located in the United States
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin (the United States)
Parent range Appalachian Mountains
Topo map USGS Mount Katahdin
Geology
Age of rock Devonian, Acadian orogeny
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 1804 by Charles Turner, Jr.
Easiest route Hike, Abol Trail / Hunt Trail
3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Designated: 1967

Mount Katahdin ( kə-TAH-din) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine. It is 5,267 feet (1,605 m) tall.

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  • Frederic Edwin Church - Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp

    Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1895

  • Katahdin assent

    The Appalachian Trail on Katahdin's Hunt Spur

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