Mount Redington

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Mount Redington
Elevation 1,222 metres (4,010 feet)
Location Maine, USA
Prominence 140 m (460 ft)
Coordinates 45°1.50′N, 70°23.32′W
Topo map USGS Black Nubble
Listing New England 4000 footers

Mount Redington is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine. Redington is flanked to the northeast by South Crocker Mountain and to the west by Black Nubble. Redington stands just northeast of the U.S. Navy Survival Escape and Evasion Training Facility (USSEAETF).

The southeast side of Redington drains into the South Branch of the Carrabassett River, thence into the Kennebec River, and into the Gulf of Maine. The northwest side of Redington drains into Nash Stream, thence into the South Branch of the Dead River, Flagstaff Lake, the Dead River and the Kennebec.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, passes about 1 mi. (1.6 km) east of Redington at the summit of South Crocker.

In 2007, a proposal to place a large wind farm on the summit of Redington and neighboring ridges was voted down by the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee after years of contentious debate.[1] [2]

Mount Redington and Owl's Head in New Hampshire are the only New England peaks over 4000 feet without a maintained trail to the summit.

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4000-foot mountains of New England

Maine:
Baxter State Park: Katahdin (Baxter) • Katahdin (Hamlin) • North Brother
High Peaks: AbrahamCrockerRedingtonSaddlebackSaddleback, The HornSouth CrockerSpauldingSugarloaf
Bigelow Range: Bigelow (Avery) • Bigelow (West)
Eastern White Mountains: Old Speck

New Hampshire:
Northern ranges: CabotWaumbek
Carter-Moriah Range: Carter DomeMiddle CarterMoriahSouth CarterWildcat (A) • Wildcat (D)
Presidential Range: AdamsEisenhowerJacksonJeffersonIsolationMadisonMonroePierceWashington
Crawford Notch area: FieldTomWilley
Twin Range: BondBond (West) • BondcliffGaleheadHaleNorth TwinSouth TwinZealand
Pemigewasset Wilderness: CarrigainHancock (North) • Hancock (South) • Owl's Head
Sandwich Range: OsceolaOsceola (East) • Tripyramid (Middle) • Tripyramid (North) • PassaconawayTecumsehWhiteface
Franconia Range: FlumeGarfieldLafayetteLibertyLincoln
Western White Mountains: CannonKinsman (North) • Kinsman (South) • Moosilauke

Vermont:
Green Mountains: AbrahamCamel's HumpEllenKillingtonMansfield