Mount Bigelow (Maine)
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Mount Bigelow (also called the Bigelow Range and Bigelow Mountain) is a long mountain ridge with several summits. It is located in Franklin County and Somerset County, Maine. It is one of Maine's highest summits. The mountain is named after Major Timothy Bigelow who climbed the rugged summit in late October 1775 "for the purpose of observation."[1] Major Bigelow was one of Colonel Benedict Arnold's four division commanders during the 1775 Invasion of Canada. The expeditionary force passed along the Dead River on the northern edge of the Bigelow Range, now dammed into Flagstaff Lake.
The highest summit of Bigelow Mountain is West Peak, at Script error: No such module "convert".. Subpeaks include Avery Peak (Myron H. Avery Peak) at Script error: No such module "convert"., The Horns at Script error: No such module "convert"., Cranberry Peak at Script error: No such module "convert"., and Little Bigelow Mountain at about Script error: No such module "convert"..
Bigelow Mountain is part of the Rangeley-Stratton mountain range, which also includes Sugarloaf Mountain, Crocker Mountain, Saddleback Mountain, Mount Abraham and Mount Redington.
The Appalachian Trail traverses Bigelow Mountain. Much of the mountain and surrounding area is part of the Script error: No such module "convert". Bigelow Preserve, created in 1976 in response to a massive proposed ski resort.[2][3][4] The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) maintains the trails on Bigelow Mountain and stations seasonal caretakers at the popular backcountry campsites at Horns Pond and Bigelow Col.
The Appalachian Mountain Club considers both the West Peak and Avery Peak of Bigelow to be "four-thousand footers" because Avery Peak rises more than Script error: No such module "convert". in topographic prominence above the col that adjoins it to the higher West Peak. By this same criteria, the South Horn of Bigelow, while under Script error: No such module "convert"., qualifies for the New England Hundred Highest list.
In 1975, Bigelow Mountain was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.[5]
Climate
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Gallery
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Mount Bigelow, Avery Peak
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Little Bigelow Mountain
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South Horn and North Horn
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Little Bigelow Mountain as seen from the summit of Burnt Mountain.
See also
References
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- ↑ Hersey, Charles, Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow (1860) -- accessed 8 September 2008
- ↑ Bigelow Preserve Public Reserved Land
- ↑ Bigelow Mountain Ski Area - New England's Cancelled Ski Areas
- ↑ Bigelow Preserve Natural Area
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