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Description: Smugglers Notch State Park is a corridor park with developed facilities along VT 108. It consists of a campground, a picnic area, the "Notch" proper, and trailheads to some of the more popular hiking trails in Vermont.
The campground, with majestic views of Mount Mansfield - the highest peak in Vermont, has 20 tent/trailer sites and 14 leantos. 15 sites (3 being lean-tos) feature walk-in camping for a more rustic experience. One of the two restrooms includes hot showers. A sanitary dump station is available, but no hookups. The campground is surrounded by many miles of hiking trails accessible from a variety of trailheads.
The picnic area, provides travelers along VT 108 - Smugglers Notch Scenic Byway - a stopping place for a picnic meal. The Long Trail can also be accessed from this location.
Going north along VT 108, the traveler can catch glimpses of various rock outcroppings and cliffs, many of which have names - Elephants Head, The Singing Bird, The Hunter and His Dog and the Smuggler - to name a few. In the "Notch" proper there is a parking area, information booth, restroom facilities, and access to hiking trails.
Smugglers Notch Scenic Byway is one of the more popular and scenic routes in Vermont, especially during the fall foliage season.
Area Attractions: Smugglers Notch Historic Site, (2 miles north Route 108); Toll Road (1 mile south Route 108); Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe; Johnson Woolen Mills, Johnson; Alpine Slide, Spruce Peak; Gondolas, Mt. Mansfield; Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, Waterbury; Smuggler's Notch Resort, Jeffersonville. |
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