Mount Pisgah is a mountain located in the town of Winthrop, Maine. Its summit is the fifth highest in Kennebec County.[1]

Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah Winthrop, Maine, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation	815 ft (248 m)
Coordinates	44°18′24″N 70°01′05″W
Geography
Location	Winthrop, Maine, U.S.
Topo map	USGS Winthrop

A popular hiking loop, made up of the .7 mile Tower Trail and 1.3 mile Blueberry Trail, provides access to a fire tower at the top of Mount Pisgah. The tower offers a 360° view reaching from the Camden Hills in the East to New Hampshire's Mount Washington in the West.[2]

History

Ezekiel Holmes, an American agriculturalist and politician known as the "father of Maine agriculture" resided on Mt. Pisgah in the mid 1800s.[3]

From 1949-1992 the Maine Forest Service operated a fire lookout on Mount Pisgah. The 60’ Aermotor fire tower is owned and maintained by the Town of Winthrop and the Kennebec Land Trust and open to the public[4]

As of 2017^[update], the Kennebec Land Trust was expanding the trail.[5][6]

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