Plan with
Confidence
The park closes in the fall. You must reserve an itinerary to enter the park. You have to use their shelters or tent platforms which must be reserved day-by-day.
Path Type
Loop
Park your vehicle at Roaring Brook Campground and proceed to Russell Pond Trail. Here you can choose to stay one night at Wassataquoik Stream or the Russell Pond shelters. Beware that this it is a moose infested area here. The next day, proceed to the shelter at the north end of Wassataquoik Lake using the Wassataquoik Lake Trail. This shelter is new as of 2016. Spend a day or two of solitude in this area. Listen to the loons at night. I consider this to be one of the better hikes in Baxter State Park in the lower elevations. You can also proceed to a higher elevation at the north end of the lake and look down the valley to the south. In one of the pictures uploaded, it shows the peninsula where the shelter is located. You'll find lots of water and animals along this route--namely moose! The Knife Edge is second to none.
Once this was a lumber/farming community in years past. You can still find old saws and other farm equipment here and there.
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Mount Katahdin via the Knife Edge + Hamlin Ridge Trails
Mount Katahdin via the Knife Edge + Hamlin Ridge Trails
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