Mount Pisgah (Kennebec County, Maine)

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Mount Pisgah is a mountain located in the town of Winthrop, Maine. Its summit is the 5th highest in Kennebec County. [1]

A popular hiking loop, made up of the .7 mile Tower Trail and 1.3 mile Blueberry Trail, provides access to a fire tower at the top of Mount Pisgah. The tower offers a 360° view reaching from the Camden Hills in the East to New Hampshire's Mount Washington in the West. [2]

Mount Pisgah
Highest point
Elevation 815 feet (248 m)
Coordinates 44°18′24″N70°01′05″W / 44.30667°N 70.01806°W / 44.30667; -70.01806 Coordinates: 44°18′24″N70°01′05″W / 44.30667°N 70.01806°W / 44.30667; -70.01806
Geography
Location Winthrop, Maine, U.S.
Topo map USGS Winthrop

History

Ezekiel Holmes, an American agriculturalist and politician known as the "father of Maine agriculture" resided on Mt. Pisgah in the mid 1800s. [3]

From 1949-1992 the Maine Forest Service operated a fire lookout on Mount Pisgah. The 60’ Aermotor fire tower is owned and maintained by the Town of Winthrop and the Kennebec Land Trust and open to the public [4]

As of 2017, the Kennebec Land Trust was expanding the trail. [5] [6]

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References

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  4. "Mount Pisgah Fire Tower | National Historic Lookout Register". nhlr.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  5. Eichacker, Charles (2017-08-07). "Expansion of Mount Pisgah trails reaches halfway point". Press Herald. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  6. Writer, Charles EichackerStaff (2017-08-06). "Kennebec Land Trust expands trail system on Mount Pisgah in Winthrop". Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-07-18.