Mount Bigelow (Maine)

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Mount Bigelow
Elevation	4,145 feet (1,263 meters)
Location	Maine, USA
Range	Appalachian Mountains
Prominence	2,845 feet (867 meters)
Coordinates	45°9′N 70°17′W
Easiest route	hike

Mount Bigelow (also called Bigelow Range and Bigelow Mountain) is a long mountain ridge with several summits. It is located in Franklin County and Somerset County, Maine.

The highest summit of Bigelow Mountain is West Peak, at 4,145 feet (1,263 meters). Subpeaks include Avery Peak (Myron H. Avery Peak) at 4,088 feet (1,246 meters), The Horns at 3,805 feet (1,160 meters), Cranberry Peak at 3,194 feet (974 meters), and Little Bigelow Mountain at about 3,070 feet (936 meters).

Bigelow Mountain is part of the Rangeley-Stratton mountain range, which also includes Sugarloaf Mountain, Crocker Mountain, Saddleback Mountain, Mount Abraham, Mount Redington, and other mountains.

The Appalachian Trail traverses Bigelow Mountain. Much of the mountain and surrounding area is part of the 10,540 acre Bigelow Preserve.

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Four-thousand footers

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4000-foot mountains of New England

Maine:
Abraham • Bigelow (Avery) • Bigelow (West) • Crocker • Katahdin (Baxter) • Katahdin (Hamlin) • North Brother • Old Speck • Redington • Saddleback • Saddleback Horn • South Crocker • Spaulding • Sugarloaf

New Hampshire:
Northern ranges: Cabot • Waumbek
Carter-Moriah Range: Carter Dome • Middle Carter • Moriah • South Carter • Wildcat (A) • Wildcat (D)
Presidential Range: Adams • Eisenhower • Jackson • Jefferson • Isolation • Madison • Monroe • Pierce • Washington
Crawford Notch area: Field • Tom • Willey
Twin Range: Bond • Bond (West) • Bondcliff • Galehead • Hale • North Twin • South Twin • Zealand
Pemigewasset Wilderness: Carrigain • Hancock (North) • Hancock (South) • Owl's Head
Sandwich Range: Osceola • Osceola (East) • Tripyramid (Middle) • Tripyramid (North) • Passaconaway • Tecumseh • Whiteface
Franconia Range: Flume • Garfield • Lafayette • Liberty • Lincoln
Western White Mountains: Cannon • Kinsman (North) • Kinsman (South) • Moosilauke

Vermont:
Abraham • Camel's Hump • Ellen • Killington • Mansfield