Click on a Site for Photo and Additional Information Camping Area B to Area A FORESTS, PARKS & RECREATION 20 Camping Area A North Dorset, Vermont AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 21 to Park Entrance 23 22 TAMARACK 24 26 HORNBEAM 28 to Area B 34 32 25 Camping Area C 47 45 43 36 49 V HAWTHORN CHERRY FIR 42 2 33 29 5 18 50 6 SYCAMORE 19 ASPEN 51 46 37 35 4 ELM HICKORYPINE 1 WILLOW YEW 48 44 31 17 ALDER 13 54 52 38 WALNUT 3 CEDAR 56 39 40 16 V 12 7 53 JUNIPER 15 6 5 4 BIRCH 58 55 57 14 7 11 41 8 9 59 BASSWOOD 10 LARCH 64 GINKGO CHESTNUT BEECH 60 BUTTERNUT 61 APPLE PLUM PEAR MULBERRY HAZELNUT MAPLE DOGWOODSUMAC POPLAR SPRUCE OAK HEMLOCK 62 0 100 200 300 ASH LOCUST to beach 63 feet 69 0 100 200 300 66 68 67 feet LEGEND Park Overview North Park office Parking Campground Picnic area 0 Prime campsite Picnic shelter

0 Campsite Concession Prime lean-to Swimming area B A Lean-to Trailhead C Restrooms 2

Showers ($) 1 Emerald Wheelchair accessible Otter Creek Lake facility Vt Railway Drinking water RV Sanitary Station Park boundary to Manchester to Rutland Trash/Recycling center Steep bank 7 Traffic direction Vista Trail Nature Center Horseshoe pit

Volleyball this map is intended for 0 200 400 600 informational purposes only feet ephelps- rev. 03/2019 Emerald Lake State Park State purchased approximately 1,000 acres from Bennington Welcome to 430-acre Emerald Lake State his estate. Approximately 500 acres, located . Bennington Battle Monument Park. Located conveniently between Manchester adjacent to the park on the east side of US . Bennington Museum and Rutland, the park is popular for its wooded Route 7, is now Emerald Lake State Forest. Rutland Emerald Lake hillside campground, beach and swimming area, The 430 acres on the west side of the highway . Historic downtown, shopping and and nearby attractions and tourist destinations. comprises the park. In 1960 Emerald Lake State Park opened to the public. The original facilities dining The park surrounds 20-acre Emerald Lake, . Wonderfeet Childrens Museum named for the emerald green color of its included a small campground, beach and picnic State Park area. Green Mountain National Forest waters when viewed from above. Restricted to . White Rocks National Recreation non-motorized watercraft, the lake is ideal for Today, the remains of past quarry operations swimming and paddling. The lake also offers can still be seen. Stone remains of the Area, Wallingford Map & Guide anglers an opportunity to catch yellow perch, Freedley and Sons finishing plant are located . Manchester Ranger Station-forest smallmouth bass, northern pike and other warm- approximately 2 miles south of the park. Other information water species. The park is a favorite destination former quarries remain as water-filled pits. . Many hiking trails throughout the of hikers, with the Long Trail and Appalachian Examples of these can be seen along US Route area 30 in Dorset and on the mountainside along Trail nearby, and trails on Dorset Mountain. Route 7. One of the more unique features from The Dorset area became well known for Lake Shaftsbury State Park its marble quarries by the early 19th century. this bygone era is the North Dorset Cemetery located on the hill overlooking the park’s contact The first commercial marble quarry to open in For more information, contact: the region, and likely the country, opened was station and parking lot. The cemetery has many opened in 1785 by Isaac Underhill on Mt Aeolus. headstones made of local marble. Emerald Lake State Park The quarry age of Dorset spanned some 130 65 Emerald Lake Lane years. In the early years, marble was cut for Emerald Lake State Park Amenities East Dorset, Vermont 05253 uses like headstones and hearthstones. The • 69 campsites (802) 362-1655 (operating season) Feedley and Sons Quarry, on the southern • 36 lean-to shelters OR end of what is now the state park, opened in • Swimming and fishing on the lake VT State Parks Reservation Center 1804. Huge blocks of stone were cut from the • Picnicking & Group Events (888) 409-7579 Mon - Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m. mountainsides at the Feedley quarry where they • Interpretive programs www.vtstateparks.com were placed on an inclined rail system and sent • a mile down the mountain to a finishing mill. Food concession Finished stone was sent out on rail cars. • Boat rentals During the quarry age peak, as many as • Firewood for sale 30 quarries harvested stone for many uses, Memorial Day Weekend - including projects like the New York City library Recreating & Sightseeing in the Area and many bank and public building across the Manchester Indigenous People’s Day country. Many local buildings and sidewalks . Historic downtown, shopping and are made from the local stone. By the beginning dining Camping of the 20th century, however, quarrying marble . To request this publication in Braille or in Dorset began to draw to a close. Quarries Southern Vermont Arts Center Swimming . American Museum of Fly Fishing alternate visual format, please contact further north in West Rutland and Proctor proved [email protected] Picnicking . to yield higher quality stone much easier than Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 Group Events the rugged mountain quarries in Dorset. . Northshire Museum and History Printed on recycled paper. Hiking Between 1918 and 1921 Robert Alfred Center 03/2019 Interpretive Programs Shaw purchased more than 1,000 acres of . Skyline Drive toll-road on Mt Equinox land, establishing North Dorset Farms. His . Hiking on Mt. Equinox acquisitions included the area surrounding . Fishing on the historic Batten Kill Dorset Pond, which is now known as Emerald River and other lakes and ponds Lake. In 1957, following Mr. Shaw’s death, the