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21 ELM V 7 Fort Dummer State Park FORESTS, PARKS & RECREATION 9 VERMONT 19 22 23 1 20 Guilford, Vermont AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 17 25 10 18 6 26 8 North 15 BIRCH PINE 11 27 29 30 MAPLE 16 5 12 4 14 13 3 1 28 2 50 BEECH SPRUCE 51 BALSAM 48 CHESTNUT 49 46 31 HEMLOCK 47 44 2 32 FIR 33 45 42 35 34 40 38 36 43 41 39 37

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Canal St high LEGEND 5 Atwood St school 91 S Main St Park o ce Restrooms one way tra c Sunny Acres Exit 1 0 Campsite Showers ($) Lean-to Accessible facility Old Guilford Rd Picnic area RV Sanitary Station Horseshoe pit to Guilford Fort Dummer V State Park Drinking water Volunteer Site Volleyball Entrance Parking ephelps-rev. 01/2019 South-to MA Trail Trash/Recycling center Fort Dummer State Park Recreation and Sightseeing in the Area: Welcome to Fort Dummer State Park. With its proximity to Brattleboro and Interstate 91, and large Brattleboro Fort Dummer spacious camp sites, the park provides a convenient ● Historic downtown shopping and dining stopping point for overnight travelers and visitors seeking ● Brattleboro Museum and Art Center a camping location within reach of downtown amenities. ● Estey Organ Museum State Park The park is named for Fort Dummer, a frontier fort that became a permanent European settlement. Wilmington Built on the frontier in 1724, and named after William ● Molly Stark State Park Map & Guide Dummer, then lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, it ● Farmstands and tours was the gateway to the early settlements along the banks ● Historic downtown of the Connecticut River. ● Harriman Reservoir Forty-three English soldiers and 12 Mohawk Indians manned the fort in 1724 and 1725. Later, the fort protected what was then a Massachusetts colony from Other Area Attractions invasion during the French and Indian War. Housing 12 • Southern Vermont Natural History guns, and made from sturdy white pine timber stacked Museum, Marlboro like a log cabin, Fort Dummer served its purpose well. • Fishing and boating on the Established in 1962, Fort Dummer State Connecticut River Park overlooks the former site of Fort Dummer which was flooded when the Vernon Dam was built on the Connecticut River in 1908. A monument to Fort Dummer For More Information: stands one mile south of the Brattleboro railway station, Fort Dummer State Park near the former site of the fort. 517 Old Guilford Road The land comprising the park was acquired by Guilford, VT 05301 the Vermont Agency of Transportation in the 1950s when construction of Interstate 91 cut the property off from the (802) 254-2610 (Operating Season) rest of the town of Guilford. In the early 1960s the land OR artistic rendering of the old fort was transferred to the Department of Forests and Parks. VT State Parks Reservation Center (888) 409-7579 The park encompasses 217 acres of forest. It consists Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM of a campground, three short hiking trails and a picnic www.vtstateparks.com area. Located in the southern foothills of the Green Mountains, the forest is more like those of southern New England than a typical Vermont forest. Mid-Atlantic tree species such as white, red and chestnut oak are dominant hardwoods. Operating Season: Memorial Day Weekend - Fort Dummer State Park Amenities: Indigenous Peoples’ Day ● 50 campsites for tents or RVs To request this publication in Braille or ● 10 lean-to shelters alternate visual format, please contact Camping ● Hiking/walking trails [email protected] Picnicking ● Firewood and ice sales VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 Hiking/Walking Trails Printed on recycled paper 12/2016 ERP