Doubletop Mountain (Maine)
Encyclopedia
Doubletop Mountain is a mountain
located in Piscataquis County
, Maine
, in Baxter State Park
.
As the name implies, the mountain has two peaks; a north peak (3489 ft (1,063.4 m)) and a south peak (3455 ft (1,053.1 m)). From the north a trail from the Nesowednehunk Campground to the north peak is 3.1 miles (5 km) long and another 0.2 mile (0.321868 km) to the south peak. From Foster Field, to the south, a 4 miles (6.4 km) trail leads to the summit. The last third of mile (0.33 mile (0.5310822 km)) is steep and climbs about 900 feet (274.3 m). The north peak is wooded while the south peak is more open.
Beneath one of the peaks, set in the rock, is a south facing bronze memorial tablet which reads:
JUNE 10, 1872—APRIL 25, 1926
HIS ASHES WERE GIVEN TO THE WINDS
AT THIS PLACE AUGUST 20, 1926, AT
SUNSET, BY HIS WIFE.
Mountain
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located in 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...
, in Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park is a large wilderness area permanently preserved as a state park, located in Piscataquis County in north-central Maine. The Park was established by 28 donations of land, in Trust, from Park donor Percival P. Baxter between the years of 1931 and 1962, eventually creating a Park of...
.
As the name implies, the mountain has two peaks; a north peak (3489 ft (1,063.4 m)) and a south peak (3455 ft (1,053.1 m)). From the north a trail from the Nesowednehunk Campground to the north peak is 3.1 miles (5 km) long and another 0.2 mile (0.321868 km) to the south peak. From Foster Field, to the south, a 4 miles (6.4 km) trail leads to the summit. The last third of mile (0.33 mile (0.5310822 km)) is steep and climbs about 900 feet (274.3 m). The north peak is wooded while the south peak is more open.
Beneath one of the peaks, set in the rock, is a south facing bronze memorial tablet which reads:
JUNE 10, 1872—APRIL 25, 1926
HIS ASHES WERE GIVEN TO THE WINDS
AT THIS PLACE AUGUST 20, 1926, AT
SUNSET, BY HIS WIFE.
Keppele Hall's wife, Fanny Hall, was the first American woman to serve as foreman of a grand jury.
Geography
Doubletop Mountain stands within the watershedDrainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of Nesowadnehunk Stream, which drains into the West Branch
West Branch Penobscot River
The West Branch Penobscot River is a tributary of Maine's Penobscot River. The river flows from Seboomook Lake in Seboomook, Somerset County; the lake's principal inflows are the North Branch and South Branch Penobscot River...
of 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...
. It is flanked to the southwest by Squaw's Bosom.