Baker Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine)

For other places with the same name, see Baker Mountain.

Baker Mountain
Elevation	3,521 feet (1,073 m)
Prominence	2,190 feet (670 m)
Listing	31 New England Fifty Finest
Location
Location	Piscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates	45°34.26′N 69°23.63′W
Topo map	USGS Number Four Mountain

Baker Mountain is a wild, trail-less mountain located in Beaver Cove (TA.2 R.13&14, WELS), Piscataquis County, Maine. It is flanked to the northwest by Lily Bay Mountain. Elephant Mountain is about 2 miles (3 km) to the southwest, and White Cap Mountain is about 5 miles (8 km) to the east.

The east side of Baker Mountain drains into Baker Mountain Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Pleasant River, the Piscataquis River, the Penobscot River, and into Penobscot Bay. The southwest side of Baker Mountain drains into North Brook, thence into Upper and Lower Wilson Ponds, Eagle Stream, Big Wilson Stream, Sebec Lake, and the Sebec River, another tributary of the Piscataquis River. The northwest side of Baker Mountain drains into South Brook, thence into Moosehead Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, which drains into the Gulf of Maine. The southern slopes of the mountain are part of the Katahdin Iron Works conservation property managed by the Appalachian Mountain Works.

See also

• List of mountains in Maine
• New England Fifty Finest

External links

• "Baker Mountain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:561476. Retrieved 2010-03-13. 
• "Baker Mountain, Maine". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6826.