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Northern New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont

Boats in Portland Harbor, with the city skyline in the background. Portland is the largest city in Maine, with more than 66,000 residents. The modern city is located at the site of one of the earliest European settlements in Maine, established in 1633.

View of Mount Katahdin, the highest point in Maine. (In the language of the Penobscot Indians, the word Katahdin means “The Greatest Mountain.”) The granite mountain is considered to be the northern end of the Appalachian Trail, a hik- ing trail that goes all the way to Georgia.