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Route: Camden Hills (ME)

Submitted by nico.cornell on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 08:23am
Location
Maine, US
Distance
19 mi
Vertical Gain
4,300 ft
Description

Camden Hills State Park is renowned for the panoramic view of Camden Harbor and Penobscot Bay from the top of Mt. Battie, which inspired Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Renascence."  The entire park includes widely-used trails and several peaks.  It is one of the most popular hiking destinations in Maine.  A trail map is available here:

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/docs/fpl/camdentrails.pdf

The FKT route should start at the ranger station at the entrance to the state park off Route 1, and then cover all six peaks within the park (Battie, Megunticook, Bald Rock, Derry, Frohock, Cameron, and Zeke's outlook) and also touch the cross on Maiden Cliff, then return to the ranger station. There is discretion on what order and what trails should be used, but the paved road up Mt. Battie is not to be used.  

The gpx shows an example of a route that is popular to follow.

GPS Track
Camden Hills-new.gpx135.67 KB

FKTs

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mhayes42
Thu, 09/09/2021 - 07:13pm

I am going to give this a shot on saturday 9/11/21.  Will report how it goes!

Julie A Smith
Mon, 10/11/2021 - 05:49pm

Fastest Known Person!

Eric Olds
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 07:18am

I attempted this course on 4/27/24 thinking I had a chance and the men's FKT, but came up short by almost an hour! I'm even more impressed now by the folks who have come in under 4 hours! I might try it again in the other direction, but I highly doubt I can shave a full hour off my time.

https://www.strava.com/activities/11276639696