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29 30 1 RV Sanitary Station 72 70 3 68 28 3 Drinking water 67 26 2 32 71 27 69 25 5 MAPLE Trash/Recycling center 66 to park 65 24 entrance 34 TAMARACK ASPEN & park o ce 64 1 V Volunteer Site 35 63 23 36 APPLE Picnic shelter 62 SPRUCE 21 V 38 37 V ELM 2 BEECH 18 11 Swimming pool 42 60 CHERRY 39 40 BIRCH 14 41 Playground 45 59 CEDAR ORCHID 44 47 55 CATALPA 49 DOGWOOD Horseshoe pit 51 58 WILLOW 48 53 PENSTEMON 50 57 Park boundary 52 54 56 Trail SEDGE this map is intended for informational SUMAC purposes only ephelps-rev. 03/2021 Button Bay State Park • 13 lean-to shelters Welcome to 253-acre Button Bay State Park, • Fishing and boating on Lake established in 1964. Situated on a bluff along Champlain the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, the • Picnicking Button Bay park provides a scenic overview of Vermont’s • Hiking trail Champlain Valley and the Adirondack • Swimming pool Mountains of New York. A broad, sweeping, • Nature center and interpretive State Park sickle-shaped, shallow bay, Button Bay is programs named for the button-like concretions formed • Firewood for sale Map & Guide by clay deposits found along its shoreline. The park contains two islands; one, located just Recreating and Sightseeing in the Area offshore from the Button Point Natural Area, Vergennes and Ferrisburgh is artificial. It once was the location of a large • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum summer home, complete with stone-walled • Dead Creek Wildlife Mgmt. Area piers that remain today. • The 8-acre Button Point Natural Area is a Addison favorite destination of visitors and contains • DAR State Park fossils, a mature forest and several rare and • Chimney Point State Historic Site endangered plants. Although this area has Shelburne been disturbed by human development, it • Shelburne Museum is significant botanically, ecologically, and • Shelburne Farms geologically. A nature center located at the Charlotte Natural Area has regularly scheduled programs • Mt Philo State Park presented by the park interpreter. • Rokeby Museum The area in and around the park has a rich Memorial Day Weekend - history. The area was visited by such notables For more information contact: Indigenous People’s Day as Samuel De Champlain (1609), Ethan Allen Button Bay State Park (1776), Ben Franklin (1776), and Benedict 5 Button Bay State Park Road Camping Arnold (1777). Vergennes, Vermont 05491 Swimming Pool The nearby city of Vergennes is named for (802) 475-2377 (mid-May-mid-Oct.) Picnicking Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, a Or Group Events Frenchman who aided the colonial effort in VT State Parks Reservation Center Interpretive Programs the Revolutionary War. In Vergennes, Thomas (888) 409-7579 M-F 9 AM- 4 PM Macdonough built an armed fleet that later www.vtstateparks.com defeated the British on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. To request this publication in Braille or alternate visual format, please contact [email protected] Button Bay State Park Amenities VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 • 57 campsites Printed on recycled paper • 4 cabins 03/2019-ERP