Underhill State Park

Underhill State Park

Type	State park
Location	352 Mountain Road Underhill, Vermont
Coordinates	44°31′50″N 72°49′59″W / 44.5305°N 72.8331°W / 44.5305; -72.8331Coordinates: 44°31′50″N 72°49′59″W / 44.5305°N 72.8331°W / 44.5305; -72.8331
Operated by	Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Open	Memorial Day Weekend - Mid-October
Website	http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/underhill.htm

Underhill State Park is a state park in Underhill, Vermont on the west slope of 4,300 feet Mt. Mansfield.^[1] It is located in the 39,837-acre Mount Mansfield State Forest.

Activities includes hiking, camping, mountain biking, stream fishing, wildlife watching, and picnicking.^[2]

Facilities include 7 lean-to shelters and two tent campsites, a group camping area, restrooms with flush toilets and cold running water.^[1] There is a log picnic shelter that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

There are four trails to the summit ridge of Mt. Mansfield from the park. The Sunset Ridge Trail is 3 miles to the summit. The Long Trail traverses the summit ridge.

The park is closed in the winter.

References

1 2 "Underhill State Park". Vermont State Parks. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Underhill State Park". Oh Ranger. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links

Official website

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal	Appalachian Trail Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Green Mountain National Forest Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge White Rocks National Recreation Area

State Parks	Alburg Dunes Allis Big Deer Bomoseen Boulder Beach Branbury Brighton Burton Island Button Bay Camel's Hump Camp Plymouth Coolidge Crystal Lake D.A.R. D & H Rail Trail Elmore Emerald Lake Fort Dummer Gifford Woods Grand Isle Green River Reservoir Half Moon Pond Hazen's Notch Jamaica Kamp Kill Kare Kettle Pond Kingsland Bay Knight Island Knight Point Lake Carmi Lake Shaftsbury Lake St. Catherine Litte River Lowell Lake Maidstone Molly Stark Mt. Ascutney Mt. Philo New Discovery Niquette Bay North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Sentinel Rock Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Sweet Pond Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island

State Forests	Aitken Albert C. Lord Arlington Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camels Hump Charles Downer Darling Emerald Lake State Forest Grafton Groton Hapgood Hazens Notch Jay John J. Dorano Jones Mathewson Molly Stark Morristown Mount Carmel Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby

Private	Babcock Nature Preserve Eshqua Bog Natural Area Hogback Mountain Conservation Area Mountain Meadow Preserve

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

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