Mount Redington is a

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located in Franklin County,

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. Redington is flanked to the northeast by

South Crocker Mountain South Crocker Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine, Franklin County, Maine. South Crocker Mountain is flanked to the north by Crocker Mountain (Maine), Crocker Mountain, and to the southwest by Mount Redington. The northeast ...

and to the west by Black Nubble. Redington stands just northeast of the U.S. Navy Survival Escape and Evasion Training Facility (USSEAETF). The southeast side of Redington drains into the South Branch of the

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, then into the

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, and into the

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. The northwest side of Redington drains into Nash Stream, then into the South Branch of the Dead River, Flagstaff Lake, the Dead River and the Kennebec. The

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(AT), a

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from

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, is routed around Mt. Redington, to instead pass near the summit of

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() — the second highest peak in the state of Maine. The AT runs from

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to the southwest, over

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and Sugarloaf to the east, and passes about a mile northeast of Redington, at the summit of South Crocker. Mount Redington and Owl's Head in New Hampshire are the only New England

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without a maintained trail to the summit.

Wind farm proposal

In 2005, Maine Mountain Power filed an application with the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee (LURC) for a permit to develop a 30-

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on Redington and neighboring Black Nubble. After years of contentious debate, the proposal was voted down by the LURC in 2007. The summit of Redington was seen as too ecologically sensitive — a sub-alpine fir habitat providing a home for two rare species, the

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and

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. Also, the development would have been visible for miles along the AT. A revised proposal, which would have developed wind power only on Black Nubble, was rejected by the LURC in 2008. As of early 2009, the wind farm project was being planned as the Sugarloaf Community Wind Farm. Mast on Mt Redington DSCN0123

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Wind farm proposal

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