BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 10, 2024
Trout Mountain is sandwiched between Baxter State Park and Debsconeag Lakes Wilderness Area. It’s a protected parcel of 3,598 acres that The Nature Conservancy has classified as a preserve. Due to this designation, the forestland is managed as an ecological reserve, where natural processes such as ice, drought and wind shape the forest. Follow a blue-blazed trail maintained by TNC to reach an 80-foot fire tower in the preserve.