From our May 2025 issue
A century ago, William Blackman, a surgeon from New York, stood atop this peak and admired the 16-foot stone lookout tower he’d erected. On a nearby boulder, he inscribed the Latin phrase non sibi sed omnibus: “not for one, but for all.” Blackman wanted the view — the jagged spine of the White Mountains’ Presidential Range to the west and the big blue sprawl of Sebago Lake to the east — to belong to everyone. He had purchased the 1,416-foot mountain and some surrounding land in 1892, building a summer home and guest cottage for visiting artists. Today, the town owns the summit and the 2.8-mile network of trails that winds around and up to the old tower, still a destination for all.
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