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Grafton Notch

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Traversed by
  
SR 26

Road
  
Maine State Route 26

Elevation
  
470 m

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Location
  
North Oxford, Oxford County, Maine, United States

Topo map
  
USGS Old Speck Mountain

Range
  
Appalachian Mountains, Mahoosuc Range

Similar
  
Baldpate Mountain, Screw Auger Falls, Mahoosuc Notch, Goose Eye Mountain, Step Falls Preserve

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Grafton Notch is a notch, or mountain pass, located in Oxford County, Maine. The notch demarks the northeastern end the Mahoosuc Range, and thus of the White Mountains. Maine State Route 26 passes through the notch.

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Map of Grafton Notch, North Oxford, ME 04261, USA

North of the height of land, the notch drains into the Swift Cambridge River, then into the Dead Cambridge River and Umbagog Lake, the source of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and thence into the Gulf of Maine. To the south, the notch drains into 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.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170 miles (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the notch between Old Speck and Baldpate.

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References

Grafton Notch Wikipedia