Mount Blue State Park
Webb Lake beach and campground sit across the valley from Mount Blue’s hiking trails and summit tower.
Artwork inspired by Bernard Langlais
A lake-and-mountain park opens into western Maine’s working forest. Webb Lake beach and campground sit across the valley from Mount Blue’s hiking trails and summit tower. The two-unit geography rewards a full regional plan rather than a single parking pin.
Choose the lake unit or mountain trail as the primary objective, then add the other only if time and road logistics remain comfortable. The units are miles apart; seasonal roads, summit weather, and separate facility schedules affect the day. At Mount Blue State Park, route choice and environmental conditions matter more than headline mileage or a single map pin.
- Area
- About 8,000 acres
- Units
- Lake and mountain
- Summit
- 3,187 feet
Quick guide
- Start with
- Choose the lake unit or mountain trail as the primary objective, then add the other only if time and road logistics remain comfortable.
- Look closely at
- Compare Mount Blue summit with western foothills; the relationship reveals something the headline feature alone cannot.
Know before you go
- Start with
- Choose the lake unit or mountain trail as the primary objective, then add the other only if time and road logistics remain comfortable.
- Look closely at
- Compare Mount Blue summit with western foothills; the relationship reveals something the headline feature alone cannot.
- Connect the story
- Plan the lake and mountain units together to understand how Webb Lake, surrounding forest, and summit views form one regional landscape.
- Plan around
- Check current conditions before leaving, set a turnaround time, and preserve enough daylight to examine western foothills rather than rushing past it.
Good to know
The units are miles apart; seasonal roads, summit weather, and separate facility schedules affect the day.
Notice these
- Webb Lake
- Mount Blue summit
- western foothills