MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • April 9, 2023
Mount Zircon straddles the town lines of Milton and Peru a couple miles south of the Androscoggin River. At 2,240 feet, the peak is the highest in the Oxford Hills, which sprawl far and wide across the southern reaches of Oxford County. The panorama from the summit ledges is one of the best in western Maine for the moderate hike required to get there. A mile and a half from the trailhead is the spring house of the former Mount Zircon Spring Water Company. The hip-roofed structure was built in 1890 over the Mount Zircon Spring, which today runs clear and cold out of a PVC pipe directly across the road. It’s nectar of the gods for thirsty hikers and as good as water in the wilds gets. ~ Carey Kish