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Mount Katahdin is the highest peak in the American state of Maine. The name translates as "The Greatest Mountain." It is well-known in the hiking and mountaineering world as the northern end of the Appalachian Trail, at 5,268 feet above sea level – a pleasant sight after the 2,180-mile trek.