BRO Mt Battie Info Sheet[1].pdf
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This informational sheet is provided by the Maine Department of Conservation Bureau of Parks and Lands and describes the history, features, and amenities of Mt. Battie within Camden Hills State Park. Mt. Battie has significant historical importance, featuring a 26-foot stone tower constructed in 1921 that was designed by Camden summer resident Parker Morse Hooper and serves as a memorial to World War I veterans. The mountain is accessible via a 1.6-mile auto road completed in 1965, which operates from May 1 to November 1 from 9:00 a.m. to sunset daily, providing public access to scenic views of Penobscot Bay and surrounding countryside. The park encompasses a comprehensive trail system spanning approximately 25 miles, including designated hiking trails, multi-use trails accommodating hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and snowmobiling, and specialized trails such as the Carriage Road Trail and Nature Trail.
The informational sheet includes a detailed map of Camden Hills State Park that identifies park facilities and infrastructure, including camping areas with designated site quantities, picnic shelters, group camping areas, showers, water access, boat launch facilities, parking areas, playgrounds, and comfort stations. The map delineates trail networks, park boundaries, park headquarters, park maintenance areas, and various mountain peaks and scenic lookouts throughout the park. While this document does not contain procurement specifications, contract terms, pricing information, or other commercial details, it serves as a reference guide for park visitors and stakeholders regarding available recreational opportunities and historical context within Camden Hills State Park.
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Maine Department of Conservation
Bureau of Parks and Lands
Mt. Battie and the picturesque stone mountain tower are rich in legend and history. In 1897, Columbus Bushwell, a Camden resident, built a carriage road to the top of the mountain. Today this old carriage road is part of the 25-mile hiking trail system in Camden Hills State Park. In 1898, Mr. Bushwell built a turreted house which he named Summit House, and opened to the public as a hotel.
A corporation of Camden’s wealthier summer residents, the Mt. Battie Association, purchased Summit House in 1899 and turned the building into a clubhouse and social center. During the peak of Camden’s carriage trade days at the turn of the century, Summit House was visited by many notable people, including the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt himself came to Camden many years later to climb the mountain. A forest fire in 1918 burned the mountaintop, destroying the natural beauty of the summit for many years. Summit House was undamaged by the fire, but was torn down two years later as its use declined and Camden’s carriage trade days came to an end.
In 1921, the Mt. Battie Association erected the stone tower that now stands on the exact location of Summit House. Iron pins that anchored the old building can still be seen in the rock around the tower. The 26-foot structure was designed by one of Camden’s summer residents, Parker Morse Hooper. The Hooper design is almost an exact replica of an existing tower found in Newport, Rhode Island. A bronze plaque on the front of the tower reads:
“In grateful recognition of the services of the men and women of Camden in the World War, 1914 - 1918.”
Another plaque set in stone near the tower commemorates the writing of the poem “Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. It is said Millay wrote the poem while enjoying the view from the summit of Mt. Battie.
When Mt. Battie became part of Camden Hills State Park in 1948, the only access to the summit was the old carriage road that had deteriorated to little more than a footpath. In 1965 the Maine State Park Commission completed construction of the 1.6 mile auto road to the summit. The road now allows easy access to thousands of park visitors each year who enjoy the scenic beauty of the mountain and the magnificent views of Penobscot Bay and the surrounding countryside.
The Mt. Battie Auto Road is open to the public May 1 to November 1, 9:00 a.m. to Sunset each day.
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