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Green Mountains looking south from Jay Peak Jay Peak, located at the northern end of the Green Mountains in Vermont Green Mountains outside of Montpelier, Vermont. The best-known mountains—for reasons such as high elevation, ease of public access by road or trail (especially the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail), or with ski resorts or towns nearby—in the range include: [4]
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia organized in what is now southwestern Vermont in the decade prior to the American Revolutionary War.They comprised settlers and land speculators who held New Hampshire titles to lands between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, an area then known as the New Hampshire Grants, that is now modern Vermont.
Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest typical of the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. The forest supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver , moose , coyote , black bear , white-tailed deer , wild turkey , and ruffed grouse .
Originally settled as part of Massachusetts, the townspeople declared Vermont a free republic in 1777. The oldest town in VT is almost 300 years old. Here's where it is.
The Long Trail, a 273-mile (439 km) hiking trail running the length of Vermont, traverses the major peaks of the Presidential Range. The trail enters the southern edge of the Breadloaf Wilderness at Middlebury Gap on Vermont Route 125 and winds northward 28.9 miles (46.5 km) along the ridge of the Green Mountains to Appalachian Gap on Vermont ...
Vermont's massive Green Mountain National Forest is beautiful throughout many seasons, and I especially loved seeing it in the fall. It gets really dark at night — although it can be scary, it ...
The Breadloaf Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. It was created by the Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984 and later expanded by the New England Wilderness Act of 2006. [2] [3] With a total of 24,986
Green Mountain Club logo, last revised in 2007 The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail . The Long Trail is the oldest long-distance hiking trail in America and stretches from the Massachusetts state line to the Canada–United States border , along the main ...