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October 2024 by Susan Mello
Always friendly and efficient..
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October 2024 by Nira Weiss
Unfriendly staff. Unhelpful, lots of attitude and short. She was reluctant to help and had an annoyed demeanor as if we were disturbing her nap. The office doesn’t have maps to give out and she refused to share WiFi password so that we could download maps. Terrible experience.
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October 2024 by Alyssa Fernald
Drove HOURS and HOURS to visit the park all to find out they wouldn’t let us in because we had our small dog with us. Those guidelines aren’t posted on their homepage or easy to find. It’s normal for people to travel with their pets, so this rule is very limiting.
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September 2024 by Heinz Wahl
Baxter Park is a great place to experience.
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May 2024 by Kel Dyke (Oneredeemer)
Great place to learn all about the mt!
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May 2024 by maria wheatley
Lovely and friendly here ! Answered all our questions about the park and made us feel very welcome !
Lots of information given to us and we were also kindly given a book about its founder !
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March 2024 by Sam Martin
The rangers were very helpful
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November 2023 by Tammy Hartle
clean.
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November 2023 by Jeff Strange
Helpful staff!
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November 2023 by Sue ChAse
Best place in state of Maine
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November 2023 by Tracy Ross
It sucked
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October 2023 by Babs Evers
I am totally in awe of the natural beauty of the Park. The rangers could not be any more helpful and knowledgeable about trails and hikes, and they have systems in place to keep track of people on trails so they can respond to an injury or a lost hiker. The office could be a little more courteous because they seem to be irritated by out of state visitors not understanding Baxter’s permitting system.
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September 2023 by Andrew H.
This is an absolutely magical place filled without absolutely draconian rules!You can maybe argue that the second thing enables the first thing but...that is not an argument I would make. I find it a bit silly that a state park in rural Maine built around a 5,000+ peak would model its park rules after Denali National Park, centered around the tallest mountain in North America. I think rules this restrictive only serve to make our parks less accessible to people who aren't affluent white liberals but...enough of my soapboxing.We came here to climb Mt Katahdin. And, for once in my life, when I say "climb", I actually mean it! We did a technical rock climbing route on the peak called "The Armadillo": mountainproject.com/rout…We stayed at a luxurious lean-to at Chimney Pond. The rangers there were very helpful and friendly. They made the drudgery of the various oppressive rules almost...fun?I highly recommend staying at Chimney Pond yourself, climber or not. The views here feel nothing like New England. They feel more like Alaska, north of the arctic circle. Katahdin is only a little over 5,000 feet but it has big granite walls of rock unlike an other mountain in New England. (yes, including Mt Washington)My only complaint is that I got an insane amount of insect/arachnid bites on this trip. If you're staying in a lean-to, it might be helpful to have some sort of bug net!so many rules, so magical
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August 2023 by gwilcx •.
Park was great, went on a three day two night trip. Only knock was our hike from Roaring Brook to Hamlin peak and back was previously reviewed as intermediate to hard. After my trip I would absolutely say difficulty should be changed to hard to expert, the trip down from Hamlin peak was two miles down the mountain and extremely time consuming. All in all an amazing experience just be prepared for a long, challenging, but rewarding trip!
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November 2022 by Frank Bainbridge
Very helpful, friendly staff ?
