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CHERRY LEGEND SHADBLOW 0 Tent Site SPRUCE Park O ce LARCH PINE TAMARACK Prime lean-to Water BLUEBERRY MAPLE HEMLOCK OAK Lean-to Trail head CHESTNUT WALNUT Volunteer Site BALSAM V RV Sanitary Station 1 LOCUST HICKORY Trash Dumpster & SYCAMORE Restrooms Recycling Center DOGWOOD “Lean-to Loop” APPLE Showers ($) Horseshoe pit SAPLING CEDAR HACKBERRY Pit toilet Childrens playhouse BEECH to Rt 100A ELM Picnic area G Group Camping WILLOW 2 BASSWOOD SUMAC Picnic shelter Indicates 1 Way Tra c BUTTERNUT HAWTHORN Nature Center Accessible facility BOXELDER Free wi area ASPEN HORNBEAM 0 100 200 400 600 ASH feet ephelps - rev. 01/2020 Coolidge State Park A trip to Coolidge State Park is a trip back in time; the park remains essentially the way it was when it Coolidge State Park Amenities was first created in the 1930s. Known for its rustic feel, • 36 lean-to shelters hillside campsites that give way to dramatic mountain • 26 camp sites Coolidge views, and authentic character, Coolidge State Park is • Full service restrooms with showers ($) the developed recreation centerpiece of the 21,500 acre • Picnic facilities Calvin Coolidge State Forest, the largest state-owned • Group camping area land holding in central Vermont. Coolidge State Park • Firewood and ice for sale State Park is the only Vermont park with an entire loop of lean-to • CCC & Bradley Hill hiking trails campsites, some of which have sweeping views of the Black River valley and the . Many Map & Guide campers feel that sites at Coolidge have the best views Recreating & Sightseeing in the Area in all of Vermont. The park also has a loop of forested • Swimming & boating at Camp Plymouth State campsites, restroom facilities with showers, a hilltop Park picnic area with log picnic shelter, a group camping • Fishing coldwater streams area, and several remote lean-to campsites for those • Hiking in Coolidge State Forest, Killington Peak wishing to really escape it all. & Within the park, there are miles of hiking trails • Pres. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site to explore, several streams home to elusive brook trout, • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical and abundant wildlife. Some visitors are lucky enough Park to catch a glimpse of a barred owl, a moose, or rarely • Downhill and silngle track mountain biking in even a black bear! Nearby is the village of Plymouth Ludlow, Killington and Brownsville Notch, the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president • Summer adventure centers at Bromley, of the United States. Killington and Okemo Resorts Calvin Coolidge State Forest was established in 1925, when Perry Merrill (then head of State forests and parks) For More Information, Contact: arranged the purchase of a tract of land in Plymouth He Coolidge State Park was successful in obtaining funds for the property due 855 Coolidge State Park Road to the great public interest in the Coolidge family and Plymouth, VT 05056 popularity of Plymouth Notch. (802) 672-3612 (operating season) Camp Calvin Coolidge, located in Calvin Coolidge State Forest, was established June 9, 1933 as the third VT State Parks Reservation Center Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Vermont. (888) 409-7579 M-F 9 AM-4 PM The original Coolidge State Park was built solely by Or the CCC. They also completed a network of forest www.vtstateparks.com Operating Season: highways and carried out extensive reforestation projects. Memorial Day Weekend- Much of what is now Coolidge State Forest was once Indigenous Peoples’ Day cleared for tilled land and pasture, as evidenced by extensive stonewalls and many foundations. In the late nineteenth century there was a small town immediately Camping adjacent to Coolidge State Park (later becoming part of To request this publication in Braille or Picnicking the Forest). Businesses once located there included a alternate visual format, please contact store, blacksmith shop, and a hotel. [email protected] Group events VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 Hiking Printed on recycled paper 12/2016 ERP