Maine Gazetteer
Baxter Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Piscataquis County.
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| Feature Name: | Baxter Peak |
| Category: | Maine physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | Highest elevation in ME at 5268 feet. Located on Mount Katahdin, 1 mi W of Chimney Peak. |
| History: | Named by a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maine, April 2, 1931, in honor of Percival P Baxter, former Governor of Maine, who took a leading part in the creation of the Mount Katahdin State Park, and who in 1931 donated Mount Katahdin to the State of Maine. |
| County: | Piscataquis County |
| Latitude: | 45.9042751 |
| Longitude: | -68.9213561 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Baxter Peak: Baxter Peak.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Baxter Peak does not include property ownership information.
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New City, ME
(6 miles N) Old City, ME (8 miles NNE) McCarty, ME (12.4 miles NNW) Stephensons Landing, ME (14.4 miles S) The Crossing, ME (16 miles N) |
Hay Brook, ME
(19.3 miles ESE) Norcross, ME (19.8 miles SSE) Pine Knoll, ME (19.9 miles NNW) Grindstone, ME (19.9 miles SE) |
