Baker Mountain is a wild, trail-less mountain

Mountain

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 located in Beaver Cove

Beaver Cove, Maine

Beaver Cove is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 91 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

 (TA.2 R.13&14, WELS), Piscataquis County

Piscataquis County, Maine

Piscataquis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2010, its population was 17,535, making it Maine's least-populous county. Its county seat is Dover-Foxcroft....

, Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. It is flanked to the northwest by Lily Bay Mountain.
Elephant Mountain

Elephant Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine)

Elephant Mountain is a mountain located in Bowdoin College Grant West Piscataquis County, Maine.It is about southeast of Moosehead Lake, 2 miles southwest of Baker Mountain, and 5 miles west of White Cap Mountain.Elephant Mountain stands within the watershed of the Piscataquis River,...

 is about 2 miles (3 km) to the southwest, and White Cap Mountain

White Cap Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine)

White Cap Mountain is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine.White Cap Mtn. is flanked to the east by Hay Mountain, to the south by Big Spruce Mountain and to the southeast by Little Spruce Mountain.White Cap Mtn...

 is about 5 miles (8 km) to the east.

The east side of Baker Mountain drains into Baker Mountain Brook, thence into the West Branch

West Branch Pleasant River (Piscataquis River)

The West Branch Pleasant River is a tributary of the Piscataquis River in Piscataquis County, Maine. From a location north of Fourth West Branch Pond in Shawtown , the river runs about counterclockwise around the White Cap Mountain massif, then about southeast to its confluence with the East...

 of the Pleasant River

Pleasant River (Piscataquis River)

The Pleasant River is a tributary of the Piscataquis River in Piscataquis County, Maine. From the confluence of the East Branch and West Branch in Brownville, the river runs south and southeast to its mouth on the Piscataquis in Medford.-References:**...

, the Piscataquis River

Piscataquis River

The Piscataquis River is a major tributary of the Penobscot River, found in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. It starts from the confluence of its East Branch and West Branch in Blanchard. The river flows in a mostly eastern direction until it meets the Penobscot at Howland...

, the Penobscot River

Penobscot River

The Penobscot River is a river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to , making it the second longest river system in Maine and the longest entirely in the state. Its drainage basin contains .It arises from four branches...

, and into Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River. There are many islands in this bay, and on them, some of the country's most well-known summer colonies. The bay served as portal for the one time "lumber capital of the world," namely; the city of Bangor...

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The southwest side of Baker Mountain drains into North Brook, thence into Upper and Lower Wilson Ponds, Eagle Stream, Big Wilson Stream, Sebec Lake, and the Sebec River

Sebec River

The Sebec River is a tributary of the Piscataquis River in Piscataquis County, Maine. From the outflow of Sebec Lake in Sebec, the river runs east and southeast to its confluence with the Piscataquis in Milo.-References:**...

, another tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Piscataquis River.
The northwest side of Baker Mountain drains into South Brook, thence into Moosehead Lake

Moosehead Lake

Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Maine and the largest mountain lake in the eastern United States. Situated in the Longfellow Mountains in the Maine Highlands Region, the lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Towns that border the lake include Greenville to the south and...

, the source of the Kennebec River

Kennebec River

The Kennebec River is a river that is entirely within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river then flows southward...

, which drains into the Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine

The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America.It is delineated by Cape Cod at the eastern tip of Massachusetts in the southwest and Cape Sable at the southern tip of Nova Scotia in the northeast. It includes the entire coastlines of the U.S...

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The southern slopes of the mountain are part of the Katahdin Iron Works

Katahdin Iron Works

Katahdin Iron Works is a Maine state historic site located in the unorganized township of the same name. The state's property contains Gulf Hagas, a canyon on the West Branch of the Pleasant River that is a National Natural Landmark...

conservation property managed by the Appalachian Mountain Works.