Baxter State Park

Current director Eben Sypitkowski will leave the park at the end of the week and will take a new job with the Nature Conservancy in Maine next month.

One-hundred years ago Sunday, Maine got its second new governor in a month.Frederick Parkhurst, who’d been elected the previous fall to a two-year term,…

Every year, several thousand adventurous souls set out to hike all 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Trail. But this year, because of the coronavirus…

PORTLAND, Maine - Baxter State Park is reopening for day visits. The park on Monday is opening Togue Pond and Matagamon gates for vehicle access on the…

Maine officials say the northern Maine state park that includes Mount Katahdin has a new director.The Baxter State Park Authority announced on Thursday…

A $5 million outdoor education facility and trail system near Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument could be open by fall,…

MILLINOCKET, Maine - The Appalachian Trail, already popular with hikers, is expected to see a big bump in traffic with the release of "A Walk in the…

Baxter State Park is one of the most beautiful and unknown parks in the U.S. — at least according to Country Magazine.In the magazine's June-July "Hidden…