Mount Pisgah (Kennebec County, Maine)


Mount Pisgah is a mountain located in the town of Winthrop, Maine. Its summit is the 5th highest in Kennebec County.
A popular hiking loop, made up of the.7 mile Tower Trail and 1.3 mile Blueberry Trail, provides access to a fire tower at the top of Mount Pisgah. The tower offers a 360° view reaching from the Camden Hills in the East to New Hampshire's Mount Washington in the West.

History

, an American agriculturalist and politician known as the "father of Maine agriculture" resided on Mt. Pisgah in the mid 1800s.
From 1949-1992 the Maine Forest Service operated a fire lookout on Mount Pisgah. The 60’ Aermotor fire tower is owned and maintained by the Town of Winthrop and the Kennebec Land Trust and open to the public
, the Kennebec Land Trust was expanding the trail.