Maine doesn’t have the Andes, but we have some nice mountains nonetheless! These include the ones here that are more than 2,500 feet that I think are fantastic. (Most of the these are higher than 3,000 feet.) Mountains that are 4,000 feet or more are marked with an an asterisk.
Grafton Notch, Western Maine
- Goose Eye Mountain, Wright Trail, Grafton Notch State Park
- Baldpate Mountain, Grafton Notch State Park and Mahoosuc Public Lands
- Sunday River Whitecap, part of the Grafton Loop West Trail, Grafton Notch State Park
White Mountain National Forest, Western Maine
- Caribou Mountain, White Mountain National Forest
- Speckled Mountain, White Mountain National Forest
Rangeley Lake Area, Western Maine
- Aziscohos Mountain, near Rangeley (Lincoln Plantation)
- Saddleback Mountain, near Rangeley*
Carrabassett Valley and Environs, Western Maine
- North and South Crocker Mountains, Carrabassett Valley*
- Bigelow Range (Avery, West Peak, and the Horns), Carrabassett Valley*
- Bigelow Preserve’s Avery Peak via Safford Brook Trail, Carrabassett Valley region*
- Cranberry Peak, Eustis (this peak is part of the Bigelow Range)
- Little Bigelow, Carrabassett Valley region
- Burnt Mountain, Carrabassett Valley
- Mt. Abraham, near Carrabassett Valley*
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Carrabassett Valley*
The rest of Western Maine!
- Coburn Mountain, near Jackman
- Number Five Mountain, near Jackman
- Puzzle Mountain, Newry
- Tumbledown and Little Jackson Mountains, Weld
- Mt. Blue, Weld
Baxter State Park
- Mount O-J-I, Baxter State Park
- North Traveler-Traveler Mountain Loop, Baxter State Park
- Doubletop Mountain, Baxter State Park
- Mt. Coe-South Brother-North Brother loop, Baxter State Park*
- Black Cat Mountain, Baxter State Park
- South Turner Mountain, Baxter State Park
Moosehead Lake Area
- Third-Mountain and Chairback Mountain (you can do these individually or as a loop), AMC Maine Woods Initiative
- White Cap Mountain, Bowdoin College Grant East Township (near Greenville)