Katahdin

ka-ta'din, the highest mountain in Maine. It attains an altitude of 5,385 feet. It is a granite peak. Its summit is without vegetation, save lichens and a few other plants of dwarf growth. Its sides bear glacial scratches produced during the prevalence of an ice age. Blocks of stone, evidently from the north, bear witness to the former presence of a glacier. The summit contains a magnificent panoramic view of lake, river, and forest. Thoreau makes much of the Katahdin in his Maine Woods.