OUTSIDE • June 18, 2020
While you’re looking for moose at Baxter State Park, you can also top out on the state’s highest peak, 5,267-foot Mount Katahdin, or hike any of the park’s more than 220 miles of trails. Baxter is known as a common breeding ground for moose, the official state mammal, so look out for them in the fall near wetlands along the Russell Pond Trail. Or get a moose pass at Togue Pond Gatehouse, 17 miles northwest of Millinocket, to take the quick 1.5-mile round-trip hike into Sandy Stream Pond, though note that rangers limit the number of visitors to reduce crowds.