{"id":44939,"date":"2024-07-09T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/?page_id=44939"},"modified":"2024-07-09T14:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:17:41","slug":"bigelow-mountain-preserve-carrabassett-valley-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/bigelow-mountain-preserve-carrabassett-valley-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigelow Preserve, Carrabassett Valley region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/mapbox\/Corpus.html?lat=-70.311427&amp;lng=45.147505&amp;zoom=11\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bigelow Preserve, managed by the state, is a 36,000-acre park created in 1976 via public referendum, purportedly to stop a new six resort. Bigelow Mountain dominates the land, creating a dramatic backdrop for many vistas around the area. It is one of Maine&#8217;s highest mountains (~4,135 feet) and has several gorgeous peaks \u2014 Cranberry, South Horn, North Horn, Avery, West, and Little Bigelow \u2014&nbsp;making it a challenging but rewarding day or multi-day hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Appalachian Trail traverses the Bigelow Mountain ridge for 16.3 miles or so, and there are several side trails giving hikers the opportunity to make loops, all doable in a day. Most of these side trails \u2014 Fire Warden&#8217;s, Horns Pond, and Range \u2014 are accessible from Route 27, on the south (Sugarloaf) side. There is one side trail, Safford Brook Trail, accessible from the Flagstaff Lake side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended hikes in Bigelow Preserve:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/avery-peak-west-peak-and-the-horns-bigelow-preserve-near-carrabassett-valley\/\"><strong>Avery Peak-West Peak-The Horns Loop<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/avery-peak-via-safford-brook-trail-bigelow-preserve\/\"><strong>Avery Peak via Safford Brook Trail<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/cranberry-peak-near-carrabassett-valley\/\"><strong>Cranberry Peak<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/little-bigelow-close-to-carrabassett-valley\/\"><strong>Little Bigelow<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bigelow Preserve, managed by the state, is a 36,000-acre park created in 1976 via public referendum, purportedly to stop a new six resort. Bigelow Mountain dominates the land, creating a dramatic backdrop for many vistas around the area. It is one of Maine&#8217;s highest mountains (~4,135 feet) and has several gorgeous peaks \u2014 Cranberry, South<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/bigelow-mountain-preserve-carrabassett-valley-region\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27168,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44939","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bigelow Preserve, Carrabassett Valley region - Maine by Foot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/bigelow-mountain-preserve-carrabassett-valley-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bigelow Preserve, Carrabassett Valley region - Maine by Foot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bigelow Preserve, managed by the state, is a 36,000-acre park created in 1976 via public referendum, purportedly to stop a new six resort. 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