Destination Katahdin!

Destination Katahdin!. Thoreau, Roosevelt and you. , Thirsting to experience nature’s splendor and vast wilderness, famous conservationists, politicians and artists were drawn to this area. , In August 1879, young Theodore Roosevelt – who saw himself as a combination of naturalist, old-time explorer and big game hunter – climbed the peak that Thoreau had written so eloquently about, the mighty 5,268-foot Mount Katahdin., “I still remember with qualified joy the ascent and especially the descent of Katahdin in moccasins.” Theodore Roosevelt wrote forty years later., Today, just like Thoreau, Roosevelt and many other influential individuals, visitors like you continue to be attracted to Maine’s Katahdin and the woods and waters that surround it., Perhaps it was Henry David Thoreau and his chronicles of the Maine woods that best captured and projected the character of the region, impressing readers around the world. Assisted by Penobscot Indian guides, Thoreau made three major excursions through the region in the mid-19th century. His revered expeditionary journal offered a portrait of a robust industrial and agrarian economy on the doorstep of wilderness. , For more information on the history of this area, please visit the Historical Societies along this scenic byway..