Catherine Mountain

Catherine's Hill is the local name for Catherine Mountain (elevation 942 feet) in Eastbrook, Maine. Located on the Black's Woods Road (Route 182), between Franklin and Cherryfield, it is named after a legendary woman named Catherine, whose ghost is said to haunt the hill.

Legend of Catherine's Ghost

Travelers who claim to have seen Catherine's ghost on the hill most commonly describe a woman approaching the traveler asking for a ride, sometimes to Bar Harbor. Catherine is said to be dressed in a light blue evening or ball gown. Travelers decline the ghost's request at their peril. Purportedly Catherine was traveling on the road with her husband or boyfriend, after their wedding or prom night in Bar Harbor, when they were in car accident. It is said that Catherine lost her head in the accident and her significant other was never found. They say that to this day Catherine still wanders Catherine's Hill and the Blackwoods area searching for her head and her missing love.

The book Dark Woods, Chill Waters: Ghost Tales from Down East Maine contains several variations on the legend. It also includes testimony suggesting that the Catherine legend may have been based on an entirely uneventful evening in the life of one Catherine Downing, d. December 29, 1862.

References

Story of the Legend of Catherine's Hill Along the Black's Woods Road