10-873: Coolidge State Park is a Vermont State Park located in Plymouth, Vermont , United States. The park is named after Calvin Coolidge , the 30th President of the United States , who was born and raised in Plymouth and is buried there as well. It is the primary recreational center for Calvin Coolidge State Forest , the largest state forest in Vermont. The park's facilities, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in
20-487: A campground and other recreational amenities. With federal funding made available for CCC works in 1933, work on the park facilities began. The main access road was cut, and the leanto camping loop was built, as were the picnic and maintenance facilities, and the contact station. Areas that had formerly been in agricultural use were planted with trees, and the CCC crews also cut some of the area's hiking trails. They also built
30-415: A dump station is located near the contact station. Beyond the tent loop is a larger picnic area with CCC-built pavilions. Prior to the establishment of the state forest and state park , land that makes up the park saw a variety of agricultural and light industrial uses. In the 1920s, the state began purchasing land for the state forest, and considered the area north of Plymouth Notch a good candidate for
40-11453: A small swimming hole just west of VT 100A by damming Pinney Hollow Brook ; this site is no longer in use. List of Vermont state parks This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Vermont . Vermont state parks are managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. List of state parks in Vermont [ edit ] Name Town County Approximate area Year established acres ha Alburg Dunes State Park Alburgh Grand Isle 625 253 1996 Allis State Park Brookfield Orange 625 253 1928 Big Deer State Park Groton Caledonia Bomoseen State Park Castleton Rutland 3,526 1,427 1960 Boulder Beach State Park Groton Caledonia Branbury State Park Salisbury & Leicester Addison 64 26 1945 Brighton State Park Brighton Essex 152.4 61.7 Burton Island State Park St. Albans Franklin 253 102 1964 Button Bay State Park Ferrisburgh Addison 236 96 1964 Camel's Hump State Park Bolton , Duxbury , Huntington Chittenden , Washington 21,258 8,603 1969 Camp Plymouth State Park Ludlow Windsor 295 119 1989 Coolidge State Park Plymouth Windsor 1,300 530 Crystal Lake State Park Barton Orleans 16.41 6.64 1942 D.A.R. State Park Addison Addison 95 38 D&H Rail Trail Castleton , Pawlet , Poultney , Rupert Bennington , Rutland Elmore State Park Elmore Lamoille 939.63 380.25 1934 Emerald Lake State Park Dorset Bennington 908 367 1960 Fort Dummer State Park Brattleboro Windham 260 110 Gifford Woods State Park Killington Rutland 113 46 1931 Grand Isle State Park Grand Isle Grand Isle 226 91 1959 Green River Reservoir State Park Hyde Park Lamoille 5,174 2,094 Half Moon Pond State Park Hubbardton Rutland Hazen's Notch State Park Westfield Orleans 307 124 Jamaica State Park Jamaica Windham 772 312 1969 Kamp Kill Kare State Park St. Albans Franklin 17 6.9 1967 Kettle Pond State Park Marshfield Washington Kingsland Bay State Park Ferrisburgh Addison 264 107 Knight Island State Park North Hero Grand Isle 115 47 1990 Knight Point State Park North Hero Grand Isle 54 22 1978 Lake Carmi State Park Franklin Franklin 482 195 1959 Lake St. Catherine State Park Poultney Rutland 117 47 1953 Lake Shaftsbury State Park Shaftsbury Bennington 84 34 1974 Little River State Park Waterbury Washington Lowell Lake State Park Londonderry Windham 356 144 1981 Maidstone State Park Maidstone Essex 475 192 1938 Molly Stark State Park Wilmington Bennington 168 68 1960 Molly's Falls Pond State Park Cabot Washington 1,029 416 2015 Mount Ascutney State Park Windsor Windsor 3,131 1,267 Mount Philo State Park Charlotte Chittenden 232 94 1924 Muckross State Park Springfield Windsor 204 83 2016 New Discovery State Park Marshfield Washington 6,921 2,801 1933 Niquette Bay State Park Colchester Chittenden 553 224 North Hero State Park North Hero Grand Isle 399 161 1963 Quechee State Park Hartford Windsor 688 278 1965 Ricker Pond State Park Groton Caledonia 50 20 1938 Sand Bar State Park Milton Chittenden 15 6.1 1933 Sentinel Rock State Park Westmore Orleans 356 144 2015 Seyon Lodge State Park Groton Caledonia Silver Lake State Park Barnard Windsor 34 14 1955 Smugglers' Notch State Park Stowe Lamoille 1936 Stillwater State Park Groton Caledonia 57 23 1938 Sweet Pond State Park Guilford Windham 100 40 Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park Hubbardton Rutland 204 83 2016 Thetford Hill State Park Thetford Orange 362 146 Townshend State Park Townshend Windham 41 17 Underhill State Park Underhill Chittenden 250 100 Waterbury Center State Park Waterbury Washington 90 36 Wilgus State Park Weathersfield Windsor 89 36 Woodford State Park Woodford Bennington 401 162 Woods Island State Park St. Albans Franklin 125 51 1985 Map of state parks in Vermont [ edit ] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Alburg_Dunes_State_Park [REDACTED] Allis_State_Park [REDACTED] Big_Deer_State_Park [REDACTED] Bomoseen_State_Park [REDACTED] Boulder_Beach_State_Park [REDACTED] Branbury_State_Park [REDACTED] Brighton_State_Park [REDACTED] Burton_Island_State_Park [REDACTED] Button_Bay_State_Park [REDACTED] Camel's Hump State Park [REDACTED] Camp_Plymouth_State_Park [REDACTED] Coolidge_State_Park [REDACTED] Crystal_Lake_State_Park [REDACTED] D.A.R._State_Park [REDACTED] Delaware_and_Hudson_Rail_Trail [REDACTED] Elmore_State_Park [REDACTED] Emerald_Lake_State_Park [REDACTED] Fort_Dummer [REDACTED] Gifford_Woods_State_Park [REDACTED] Grand_Isle_State_Park [REDACTED] Green_River_Reservoir_State_Park [REDACTED] Half_Moon_Pond_State_Park [REDACTED] Hazen's_Notch_State_Park [REDACTED] Jamaica_State_Park [REDACTED] Kamp_Kill_Kare_State_Park [REDACTED] Kettle_Pond_State_Park [REDACTED] Kingsland_Bay_State_Park [REDACTED] Knight_Island_State_Park [REDACTED] Knight_Point_State_Park [REDACTED] Lake_Carmi_State_Park [REDACTED] Lake_Shaftsbury_State_Park [REDACTED] Lake_St._Catherine_State_Park [REDACTED] Little_River_State_Park [REDACTED] Lowell_Lake_State_Park [REDACTED] Maidstone_State_Park [REDACTED] Molly's_Falls_Pond_State_Park [REDACTED] Molly_Stark_State_Park [REDACTED] Mount_Philo_State_Park [REDACTED] Mount_Ascutney_State_Park [REDACTED] New_Discovery_State_Park [REDACTED] Niquette_Bay_State_Park [REDACTED] North_Hero_State_Park [REDACTED] Quechee_State_Park [REDACTED] Ricker_Pond_State_Park [REDACTED] Sand_Bar_State_Park [REDACTED] Sentinel_Rock_State_Park [REDACTED] Seyon_Lodge_State_Park [REDACTED] Silver_Lake_State_Park [REDACTED] Smugglers'_Notch_State_Park [REDACTED] Stillwater_State_Park [REDACTED] Sweet_Pond_State_Park [REDACTED] Thetford_Hill_State_Park [REDACTED] Townshend_State_Park [REDACTED] Underhill_State_Park [REDACTED] Waterbury_Center_State_Park [REDACTED] Wilgus_State_Park [REDACTED] Woodford_State_Park [REDACTED] Woods_Island_State_Park class=notpageimage| Vermont State Parks See also [ edit ] List of Vermont state forests List of Vermont natural areas External links [ edit ] Vermont State Parks Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation State Parks v t e Protected areas of Vermont Federal National Historical Park Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park National Wildlife Refuges Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Silvio O. 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50-413: Is a large wooded parcel on the western slope of Slack Hill (which has a 2174-foot summit). The park contact station, campground, and picnic areas are located in this section. The terrain is generally steep, but there is a level area where the contact station and main parking area are located. Near the park access road on VT 100A is a small parking and picnic area. The main access road climbs steeply to
60-544: The 1930s, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Activities in the park include camping, hiking, picnicking, mountain biking, stream fishing, wildlife watching and winter sports. Coolidge State Park is located in Windsor County, Vermont , in central Vermont , and consists of two land areas, one on each side of Vermont Route 100A , about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Plymouth Notch ,
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90-451: The birthplace of Calvin Coolidge. The park's total area is 1,300 acres (530 ha), and it is flanked in part by eastern sections of the 21,000-acre (8,500 ha) Calvin Coolidge State Forest . The western section, or Pinney Hollow block, is 800 acres (320 ha) in size, and houses the park maintenance facilities, located at the site of the CCC camp where workers who built the park lived. The eastern section, or Bradley Hill block,
100-415: The contact station, from which a camping loop composed entirely of leantos branches off. This loop road roughly follows the contours of the hill, and the leantos are placed to provide views of the surrounding countryside. Continuing down the main access road, there is a second wooded camping loop for the use of tent campers and recreational vehicles; there are no sanitary or electrical connections here, but
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