High Peaks (Maine)

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The High Peaks is a region of the US state of Maine, lying entirely within Franklin County. It is roughly bounded by State Route 4 to the southwest, State Route 16 to the northwest, State Route 16/27 to the northeast and State Route 142 to the southeast. The region contains eight of the 14 Maine 4000-footers and includes 21,000 acres (85 km²) above 2700 feet. By comparison, Baxter State Park, which contains Maine's highest mountain, Mount Katahdin, and has a similar overall land area, has 39% less land over 2700 feet. The Appalachian Trail passes through the area, covering a distance of 32.2 miles and climbing a total of 10,000 feet.

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v • d • e 4000-foot mountains of New England

Maine

Baxter State Park	Katahdin (Baxter) • Katahdin (Hamlin) • North Brother

High Peaks	Abraham • Crocker • Redington • Saddleback • Saddleback, The Horn • South Crocker • Spaulding • Sugarloaf

Bigelow Range	Bigelow (Avery) • Bigelow (West)

Eastern White Mountains	Old Speck

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

Green Mountains	Abraham • Camel's Hump • Ellen • Killington • Mansfield