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Legend Gi ord Woods State Park FORESTS, PARKS & RECREATION Killington, Vermont AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES Park office Parking

0 Prime campsite Picnic area to Pittsfield: 5 mi. 0 Campsite Horseshoe pit North Volleyball Prime lean-to ASH Lean-to Trailhead 8 1 5 Cabin Self-guiding trail 7 3 Mt. bike trail 4 Restrooms 9 6 10 Showers ($) Free wi area Wheelchair V Volunteer Site 11 accessible 12 Traffic direction 13 Drinking water 2 2 Boat launch RV Sanitary Station 1 Fishing HEMLOCK Trash/Recycling center

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Kent Brook Trail 27 MOOSE 16 MAPLE PINE OAK VERMONT APPLE WALNUT 100 HICKORY 26 22 3 21 CEDAR Appalachian 23 POPLAR Trail VERMONT FIR 100 COYOTE ALDER 0 100 200 400 LARCH WILLOW LOCUST WHITETAIL feet this map is intended for ASPEN informational purposes only Kent Brook to Killington & 4 ephelps-rev. 03/2021 CHERRY 0.5 mi • Picnicking • Welcome to Gifford Woods State Park. Hiking trails • Mountain biking trails This park is a favorite of hikers with many local • Firewood and ice for sale trails and peaks to traverse. Many through-hikers Gifford Woods pass the park on their journey Recreating and sightseeing in the area: from Georgia to Maine. The park is also a popular Killington destination during the fall foliage season for its • Killlington Adventure Center State Park dramatic autumn colors. • Hiking on the Appalachian Trail and Established in 1931 when the state • Recreating in the Green Mountain National purchased 13 acres of land from Lee Pearsons, Forest Map & Guide the park grew over the next two decades with a • Fishing on Kent Pond land donation from Walter K. Barrows and various Rutland • Historic downtown, shopping and dining land purchases. Mr. Barrows noticed that many • Wonderfeet Childrens Discovery Museum passing motorists stopped at the spot to admire the Woodstock large old trees growing on his property and decided • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical that it should be protected by adding it to the newly Park established state park. • Billings Farm & Museum Today, Gifford Woods contains one of the • Historic downtown, shopping & dining few old-growth hardwood tree stands remaining Plymouth in Vermont. The stand has many grand-sized sugar • Coolidge State Historic Site maple, beech, yellow birch, white ash and hemlock. • • The understory is rich with native wildflowers. Portions of the old-growth stand are both a State For more information, contact: Natural Area and a National Natrual Landmark. Gifford Woods State Park Development began in 1933 by the Civilian 34 Gifford Woods Conservation Corps, a federal public works Killington, VT 05751 program created during the Great Depression (802) 775-5354 (during operating season) to provide jobs and training for thousands of OR unemployed Americans. In 1933 and 1934, CCC VT State Parks Reservation Center crews constructed the park office and ranger’s (888) 409-7579 quarters, picnic area, stone restroom building, Monday - Friday 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. trails, the park entrance and parking area. In 1939 www.vtstateparks.com the CCC constructed a camping area. A new section was added to the campground in 1959. The park continued to grow throughout the 20th Century, and Operating Season: reached its current size of 285 acres in 2003, when Mid May- Late October 171 non-contiguous acres were acquired from the Green Mountain Club to protect the Long Trail Camping corridor. To request this publication in Braille or alternate visual format, please contact Hiking Gifford Woods State Park amenities: [email protected] Mountain Biking • 22 tent/trailer sites VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 Picnicking • 21 lean-to shelters Printed on recycled paper Nature Interpretation • 4 rental cabins 03/2020