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The Quechee Gorge is located in Quechee, Vermont along U.S. Route 4. The gorge is 165 feet deep and is the deepest gorge in Vermont. It serves as a popular tourist attraction in Quechee State Park and can be viewed from the U.S. Route 4 bridge and from trails on both sides of the gorge. Many people from around New England flock to the gorge for ...
Lower Clarendon Gorge State Forest, also known as Lower Clarendon Gorge State Park, covers 73 acres (0.30 km 2) around Lower Clarendon Gorge on Mill River in Clarendon, Vermont. [1] The site was donated to the state by the Vermont River Conservancy in the 2000s. [2] There are hiking trails along the scenic gorge and a pedestrian bridge. [3]
It is set high above the Ottauquechee River near the southern end of Quechee Gorge, a major local tourist attraction that is part of Quechee State Park. It is a three-span steel deck truss structure, 285 feet (87 m) long, 41 feet (12 m) wide, and 163 feet (50 m) high carrying two lanes of traffic (one in each direction) and sidewalks on both sides.
Near the state park, the river flows through the 165-foot-deep (50 m) Quechee Gorge. The U.S. Rt. 4 bridge crosses over the gorge and provides good viewing down into its depths. In late August 2011, Hurricane Irene swept through the Ottauquechee River watershed, raising the water level in the river to far beyond its normal height. Houses and ...
The Orwell Site, designated VT-AD-12 in the state archaeological inventory, is a mainly prehistoric archaeological site in Orwell, Vermont.The site, first investigated in 1933, is significant as one of the state's few documented examples of a heavily stratified site, with layered evidence of occupation extending back at least 2,000 years, and into colonial times.
The waterfall was at Brockway Mills Gorge and was seen from a bridge 100 feet (30 m) above the gorge. Rice also said that at the time he was writing, 1977, Steamtown had the largest collection of steam locomotives in the world. [8] In 1971, the Board of Health of Vermont issued a waiver to the GMRC for Vermont's air pollution regulations.
In November 1927, the worst flooding in Vermont history killed 120 people; [1] 55 of the deaths occurred in the watershed of the Winooski River, convincing the state of the need for flood control projects in that watershed. State officials made unsuccessful attempts to build dams using state funds or private companies.
Dorset Mountain is home to the largest underground marble quarry in the world. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. The mine is 1 ½ miles deep, and this is where Danby marble is quarried. Vermont Quarries Corporation took over the production and operation of the famous Danby Marble quarry in 1992.