Abol Campground – Millinocket ME

City:
Millinocket, ME

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

One of many campgrounds the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed in Maine, this one is located in Baxter State Park. “Set in a northern hardwood forest near the base of Abol Slide, Abol is the closest campground to Togue Pond Gate and a trailhead for Katahdin hiking.”

Source notes

Annual Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine 1934 https://www.baxterstateparkauthority.com/camping/abol.htm

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 21, 2016.

Location Info


Baxter State Park
Millinocket, ME 04462
Penobscot County

Coordinates: 45.657264, -68.709812

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