page_title: Mount Katahdin
section_title: Namesakes
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Katahdin / Namesakes
caption_attribution_description: English: Full 360-degree panoramic view from Mount Katahdin's Baxter Peak in Baxter State Park, Piscataquis County, Maine
context_page_description: Mount Katahdin is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at 5,269 feet. Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Native Americans, which means "The Greatest Mountain", it is located within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park. It is a steep, tall massif formed from a granite intrusion weathered to the surface. The flora and fauna on the mountain are typical of those found in northern New England.
  Katahdin was known to the Native Americans in the region, and was known to Europeans at least since 1689. It has inspired hikes, climbs, journal narratives, paintings, and a piano sonata. The area around the peak was protected by Governor Percival Baxter starting in the 1930s. Katahdin is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and is located near a stretch known as the Hundred-Mile Wilderness.
  In 1967, Mount Katahdin was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.
  The mountain is commonly called just "Katahdin", though the official name is "Mount Katahdin" as decided by the US Board on Geographic Names in 1893.
context_section_description: Two US Navy ships have been named USS Katahdin. Katahdin is also the name of a 1914 steamboat (later converted to diesel) owned by the Moosehead Marine Museum that plies the waters of Moosehead Lake in northern Maine.
  The Katahdin potato, which was certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1932, and is still popular in the Northeastern United States.
  The Katahdin sheep.
  Composer Alan Hovhaness has composed a sonata for piano in 1987 titled Mt. Katahdin, dedicated to Carleton S. Coon for his 60th birthday.
  Katahdin is a monster in 1979 horror film Prophecy.
caption: 360-degree panorama from the summit of Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin
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