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Vermont Vacations And The Seven Wonders Of The Green Mountain State
o matter which season you Forest include the Robert Frost
take Vermont vacations, Trail near Ripton, Texas Falls
you’ll see these seven Recreation area close to Hancock,
scenic wonders and fall in love the Moosalamoo area near Brandon,
with the Green Mountain state. and Lake Dunmore and Brandbury
And just in case you mistakenly State Park
think there are only seven
wonders - think again. Each of QUECHEE GORGE
these is a vacation in itself,
full of the wonders of adventure, Located in central Vermont near
breathtaking views, wildlife, and the town of Woodstock, Quechee
fine dining and lodging. Gorge is a geological wonder.
Nicknamed Vermont’s Grand Canyon,
It all begins here... the gorge was carved when the
last glacier covering New England
GREEN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST receded about 12,000 years ago.
Today the Ottauguechee River
The Green Mountain National flows through the gorge and is
Forest is 400,000 acres spanned by a bridge, which offers
stretching across two-thirds of a marvelous photogenic vantage
the length of Vermont. The Forest point for visitors.
comprises six wilderness areas
offering camping and 900 miles of The entrance to the park is just
trails, and a backcountry west of the bridge, and offers
environment for all ages. trails down to the gorge and
Campgrounds are available on a wooded nature walks.
first-come basis during the
summer season. SCENIC ROUTE 100 FROM KILLINGTON
TO WATERBURY
Popular destinations in the
Vermont boasts many scenic drives After the snow melts, families
but none more scenic than the have an endless assortment of
portion of Route 100 from things to do on their Vermont
Killington to Waitsfield. The vacations, including swimming,
route borders the Green Mountain hiking, horseback riding,
National Forest and meanders canoeing, kayaking, and scenic
through mountain valleys, rivers, driving tours. Mount Mansfield
streams, waterfalls, and small itself provides hiking trails for
farming villages. Along this the fit and energetic, or you can
route you’ll move from open take in amazing views from your
farmland to steep mountain cliffs own car as you drive to the
either side of a winding narrow summit ridge on the historic toll
road, and then eventually back to road.
open fields.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ISLANDS
The latter part of the journey to
Waterbury offers marvelous views Lake Champlain seems like a lost
of the distant northern Green cousin of the Great lakes. Long
Mountains. and deep, but with an average
width of only 12 miles, its
STOWE northern area is dotted with a
magnificent string of Islands
Nestled between two mountain popular for Vermont vacations.
ranges is perhaps the most Routes 2 and 78 connect the
picturesque town in New England - larger ones together and to the
Stowe. The draw and attraction Vermont mainland. One of the last
for many to Stowe is Mount "undiscovered" treasures of New
Mansfield, and the mountain England, the Lake Champlain
dominates the landscape. Islands offer magnificent vistas
of Vermont’s Green Mountains to
the east, and New York’s No mention of Vermont wonders can
Adirondacks to the west. bypass the finest collection of
covered bridges in the United
NORTHEAST KINGDOM States. If you include the
bridges shared with New Hampshire
The Northeast Kingdom is a vast and spanning the Connecticut
1.3 million acres of mostly River, the state has 106, which
wilderness land, which includes is more than any other New
public forests, parks, lakes, England state. Most bridges are
ponds, rivers and streams. This accessible to the public, in
is an area where little has excellent condition, and a joy to
changed since the glaciers left, discover and photograph.
and the adventurous will find
plenty of opportunity to live out The craftsmen who designed these
their dream Vermont vacation. monuments had no idea they were
building a legacy now enjoyed by
Nature shares the Northeast visitors from all over the world.
Kingdom with people, and this is Wherever you are in the state
an area where wildlife and you’re not far from a Vermont
scenery is king, and folks gladly covered bridge
take a back seat. Load up your
camping stuff and supplies in St. This brief journey has been but
Johnsbury, check your gas level, an introduction to an area in the
and be prepared for an U.S. where not only the people,
exhilarating experience! but nature, does things just a
little differently - And that
COVERED BRIDGES makes all the difference for
Vermont vacations.
About the Author:
For details on these and other destinations on Vermont vacations and to pick up your free vacation reports go to Cliff's New England Vacations site at: http://www.new-england-vacations-guide.com/
Read more articles by: Cliff Calderwood
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