Mount Pisgah (Kennebec County, Maine)

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

Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah is located in Maine
Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah
Highest point
Elevation815 ft (248 m)
Coordinates44°18′24″N 70°01′05″W
Geography
LocationWinthrop, Maine, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Winthrop

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]

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]

References
  1. "Kennebec County ME Peaks List". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  2. "Mt. Pisgah Conservation Area". Kennebec Land Trust. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  3. "Mt. Pisgah Conservation Area". Kennebec Land Trust. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  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.
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