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Smugglers' Notch State Park is a Vermont state park near Stowe in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.The park is at an elevation of 2,119 feet (646 m) [1] near Mount Mansfield, and is named for Smugglers Notch, which separates Mount Mansfield—the highest peak of the Green Mountains—from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range.
Fugitive slaves also used the Notch as an escape route to Canada. The route was improved to accommodate automobile traffic in 1922 thus providing a route for liquor to be brought in from Canada during the Prohibition years. Smugglers' Notch State Park was created near the Notch by the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps. In 2003 the park ...
Spend a few days in Stowe and ride gondolas at the ski resorts to see the colors from above. Take a bike ride in the Smugglers' Notch State Park, a top leaf-peeping destination in the state.
The forest contains two State Natural Areas - Daniels Notch Natural Area (100 acres (0.40 km 2)) and Mt. Mansfield Natural Area (3,850 acres (15.6 km 2)). [4] Smugglers' Notch Proper is listed as a National Natural Landmark. Vermont Route 108 between Stowe Mountain Resort and Smugglers' Notch Resort is a federally designated Scenic By-way.
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Rank Resort name State Vertical (ft) Skiable acres Trails Lifts Notes 1: Killington: Vermont: 3,050: 1,509: 155: 21: Largest drop in New England, 26th largest drop in the United States
Vermont Route 108 (VT 108) is a north–south state highway in northern Vermont, United States. Its southern terminus is at VT 100 in Stowe , and its northern terminus is at the Canada–US border in Franklin , where it continues into Quebec past the West Berkshire–Frelighsburg Border Crossing as Route 237 .
Its vertical drop of 2,610 feet (800 m) is the fourth largest in New England and the third largest in Vermont. [2] Its namesake is a narrow notch (mountain pass) running adjacent to Sterling Mountain, which smugglers used in the early 19th century. [3] Smugglers' Notch, nicknamed Smuggs, consists of three mountains: Morse, Madonna, and Sterling ...