I did a two-day bikepacking trip around Mt. Katahdin in Maine. It’s a beautiful, remote, and occasionally brutal gravel paradise.

Did this with two friends. First day was 72 miles mostly through the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Lots of steep climbs and occasionally chunky/loose gravel. It was wonderfully quiet; we saw maybe a dozen cars all day. The second day was a 46 mile ride on the pristine gravel of Baxter State Park. We got a cabin at Matagamon Campground after day one, but there are also tons of camp sites and lean-tos. We just didn't feel like carrying tents. We started at the New England Outdoor Center Basecamp which has campsites/bunkhouses. Aside from Matagamon at the midpoint and one store at the beginning there are no services on the route. Here's the route, which pulled from the Bikepacking 360 route as well as other routes done by others: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56085061

We chose to focus on dirt roads and avoid some of the notable bushwack sections. Total elevation is 8,000+ feet and not 7,000.

Oh, and one other note, the route through KWW includes logging roads. There is no logging on weekends so we didn't have to worry about logging trucks, but if you do this on a weekday be aware of the trucks and pull over as the trucks have the right of way and absolutely haul.