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FORESTS, PARKS & RECREATION Quechee State Park

Quechee, Vermont AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES North LEGEND Park o ce

Free wi area 11 13 0 Prime campsite 9 0 Campsite HEMLOCK 14 48 ASH 49 Prime lean-to 37 Extra vehicle parking 7 12 10 38 WALNUT V 35 36 Restrooms BIRCH 15 2 HICKORY 34 Showers ($) 16 HACKBERRY 32 17 Accessible facility 6 31 18 33 Drinking water 4 47 19 30 boundary 5 46 RV Sanitary Station 44 20

Trash/Recycling center 3 45 29 28 V Volunteer Site 2 43 21 39 1 Foot trail V 27 1 Horseshoe pit 40 42 41 25 Volleyball 23 PINE

Steep bank to Quechee Gorge 0 100 200 400 Visitor Center this map is intended for and Quechee Gorge informational purposes only to Jct & 89 feet to Quechee Village & Woodstock ephelps-rev 01/2018 4 Quechee State Park Quechee State Park amenities: Welcome to Quechee State Park. Its location • 45 tent/trailer sites along US Route 4, and its proximity to many Upper Valley • 7 lean-to shelters attractions make the park a popular tourist destination. • Quechee Gorge Visitor’s Center Quechee Hundreds of thousands of visitors stop each year to • Hiking take in the breathtaking views of Quechee Gorge. Other • Fishing in the Quechee Gorge visitors seeking an overnight stay enjoy the easy access to • Fishing and boating on Dewey Mills Pond the park’s spacious campsites. • Firewood & ice for sale State Park The focal point of the park is Vermont’s deepest gorge, formed by glacial activity more than 13,000 years Recreating and sightseeing ago. Visitors can look down at the , Quechee Area Map & Guide flowing 165 feet below viewing points along Route 4. • Vermont Institute of Natural Science The land on which the park is located was • Hot Air Balloon Festival (held each June) originally owned by the A. G. Dewey Company, a major • Scottish Festival (held each August) wool processor in the 19th century. Mr. Dewey settled in • Shopping and dining the Quechee area around 1869, establishing a woolen mill. • Swimming in North Hartland Lake The Dewey Company was a very successful processor of Woodstock wool and employed as many as 500 people. • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Nat. Hist. Park Water from falls and the mill pond just above • Billings Farm & Museum the gorge were used to power the facility. Numerous • Historic downtown, shopping & dining machinery and product inventions were created here, Other Activities in the Area including Sheep’s Grey or Dewey’s Gray which was • Boating and fishing on area rivers trademarked in 1875. Both types of wool were known • Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich throughout the country and became the standard fabric • Justin Morrill State Historic Site, Strafford for roller coverings in cotton mills. • Old Constitution House Historic Site, Windsor By 1936 this was the oldest mill in the country • Mt. Ascutney State Park, Ascutney making shoddy (reworked used wool). Some of the • Wilgus State Park, Weathersfield material was used to make baseball uniforms for the • American Precision Museum, Windsor Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, and blankets • St. Gaudens Nat’l Historic Site, Cornish, NH for the US Army and Navy. The mill was closed in 1952, and relocated For more information, contact: to Enfield, . Over the next several Quechee State Park years, nearly all of the mill houses and buildings were 764 Dewey Mills Road (mailing address only) demolished. Remains of mill and dam can still be seen White River Junction, VT 05001 at the head of the gorge. Physical Address: The park had its beginnings when the US 5800 Woodstock Road, Hartford, VT Army Corps of Engineers began taking land in the area (802) 295-2990 (operating season) Operating Season: as part of a large flood control plan, which included the VT State Parks Reservation Center Mid-May - late October construction of the North Hartland Dam. Construction (888) 409-7579 of the campground and picnic areas began later, in the Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM spring of 1962. www.vtstateparks.com Camping In 1965, the State of Vermont leased the park Hiking from the Army Corps. To request this publication in Braille or Today, the park campground is located in what alternate visual format, please contact Picnicking used to be the mill’s recreation area. The area that is now [email protected] Interpretive Programs the park’s play field contained a skeet range, baseball VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 diamond and picnic area. Printed on recycled paper 12/2016 - ERP