Friends of Haystack Mountain is pleased that our $525,000 fundraising goal was met, with your generous support and that the official transfer of the property to Midcoast Conservancy has now been accomplished.

Click here to see Channel 7 / Fox22 Bangor’s video on Haystack’s story

In 2023, Friends of Haystack Mountain successfully purchased Haystack Mountain in Montville with outstanding donor support from the community, businesses, foundation grants and a commercial loan from Bangor Savings Bank. Recent generous gifts from the Ram Island Conservation Fund, the Fields Pond Foundation, Viking Lumber and a former Liberty resident have brought us to our goal.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all our donors and the following foundations and business sponsors for their support:

Hidden Valley Camp, Evergreen Home Performance, Jones & Company, Palermo Snowmobile Club, Pieceworks, Revision Energy, Timberstone Rustic Arts, Liberty Graphics, Frapoli’s Place, Liberty Organics, Lori’s Cafe, GO Logic, Hammond Lumber, Maine Blower Door Testing, Front Street Shipyard, Camden National Bank, The Green Store, Northern Tilth, Liberty Cabinet and Design, Colburn Shoe Store, Liberty Tool, Dave’s World, the Colonial Theater
and John’s Ice Cream

About Haystack Mountain

If you have driven west on Route 3 from Belfast to Lake Saint George, you have probably noticed the blueberry barren on Haystack Mountain that pokes up into the sky out of a thickly wooded landscape. Haystack Mountain straddles the town line between Montville and Liberty and is well known to nearly all area residents who for generations have hiked with friends and families to the top for solitude and serene views of the countryside.

The south side of Haystack is wooded and the north side, visible from Route 3, is a large blueberry barren that reaches to the bald summit. The mountain rises just over 800 feet above sea level but the top provides visitors panoramic views of the landscape for miles around. There is a 1.1-mile footpath that forms a loop and winds through a mixed northern hardwoods forest that includes oak, pine, maple, birch and hemlock. Near the top a short spur trail takes hikers to the open summit. A description of the trail in a 2014 Bangor Daily News article describes the hike as a “great trail for families.” Haystack is the only vantage point for miles around that offers such expansive and unobstructed views via a maintained trail allowing public access. read more…

If you have any questions about Haystack Mountain or making donations, please contact the Friends of Haystack Mountain at: friendsofhaystackmountain@gmail.com