Grafton Notch

Coordinates: 44°35′48″N 70°56′49″W / 44.596667°N 70.946833°W / 44.596667; -70.946833
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Grafton Notch
Elevation
1,542 ft (470 m)[1]
Traversed by SR 26
LocationNorth Oxford, Oxford County, Maine, United States
RangeMahoosuc Range
Coordinates44°35′48″N 70°56′49″W / 44.596667°N 70.946833°W / 44.596667; -70.946833
Topo mapUSGS Old Speck Mountain
Grafton Notch is located in Maine
Grafton Notch
View of Grafton Notch from the top of Old Speck Mountain

Grafton Notch is a notch, or

White Mountains. Maine State Route 26
passes through the notch.

North of the

Bear River
, then into the Androscoggin.

Maine's Grafton Notch State Park includes the land along the bottom of the notch, and extends as far south as the summit of Old Speck Mountain on the southwest side of the notch. On the northeast side, it includes the lowest slopes of Baldpate Mountain.[2]

The

National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine
, crosses the notch between Old Speck and Baldpate.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grafton Notch
  2. ^ "Grafton Notch State Park". Maine Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2012-05-07.