Beautiful Maine: Grafton Notch State

We visited Grafton Notch State Park.

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 the Baldpate Mountain.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170 miles National Scenic trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the notch between Old Speck and Baldpate.

Screw Auger Falls.  Bear River has cut an intricately sculpted gore through a banded granitic formation. If you look closely at the rocks adjacent to the brink of the main fall, you'll see an unusual rock window.

The main plunge is impressive but there are other facets to Screw Auger that combine to make it a favorite waterfall in Maine. 

Hard to imagine that logs were floated down these falls to the mill.