Mount Redington

Mount Redington

Mount Redington from the AT on Sugarloaf
Elevation 4000+ ft (1219+ m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence 440 ft (130 m)[1]
Listing New England 4000 footers
Location
Mount Redington

Franklin County, Maine, U.S.

Coordinates 45°1.50′N 70°23.32′W / 45.02500°N 70.38867°WCoordinates: 45°1.50′N 70°23.32′W / 45.02500°N 70.38867°W[2]
Topo map USGS Black Nubble
Climbing
Easiest route herd path

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

The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, is routed around Mt. Redington, to instead pass near the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain (4,250 feet or 1,300 metres) — the second highest peak in the state of Maine. The AT runs from Saddleback Junior to the southwest, over Spaulding Mountain and Sugarloaf to the east, and passes about a mile northeast of Redington, at the summit of South Crocker.

Mount Redington and Owl's Head in New Hampshire are the only New England four-thousand footers without a maintained trail to the summit.

Wind farm proposal

In 2005, Maine Mountain Power filed an application with the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee (LURC) for a permit to develop a 30-turbine wind farm on Redington and neighboring Black Nubble.[3] After years of contentious debate, the proposal was voted down by the LURC in 2007. The summit of Redington was seen as too ecologically sensitive — a sub-alpine fir habitat providing a home for two rare species, the bog lemming and Bicknell's thrush. Also, the development would have been visible for miles along the AT.[4][5][6] A revised proposal, which would have developed wind power only on Black Nubble, was rejected by the LURC in 2008.[7] As of early 2009, the wind farm project was being planned as the Sugarloaf Community Wind Farm. [8]

Tower mast on Redington summit

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Redington, Maine". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Mount Redington". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ "Get The Facts". Maine Mountain Power. 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  4. ↑ Crowell, Alan (2007-07-11). "Black Nubble wind project supporters line up". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Maine Mountain Power Redington Wind Farm Application for Development". Maine LURC. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Redington wind farm a step toward Maine's energy future". Portland Press Herald. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  7. ↑ "Wind project rulings issued: Panel OKs Kibby, rejects Black Nubble". Morning Sentinel. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  8. ↑ "Board to hear wind farm proposal". Lewiston Sun Journal. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-05-26.