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Camp Plymouth State Park, Ludlow, VT

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Sports & Outdoors

Camp Plymouth State Park

A Vermont state park on the shore of Echo Lake, known for swimming, boating, picnicking, and recreational gold panning in Buffalo Brook.

2008 Scout Camp Rd., Ludlow, VT 05149 · Ludlow, VT

About Camp Plymouth State Park

Camp Plymouth State Park sits on Echo Lake in Ludlow and offers a sandy beach, boat launch, and boat and paddle board rentals. Visitors can hike the short Vista Trail through white pine forest, fish for trout and bass, play horseshoes or volleyball, and rent picnic pavilions. The park also allows hand panning for gold in Buffalo Brook. Its past includes a colonial-era military road route, 19th-century gold mining, and a Boy Scout camp that operated here before the land became a state park in 1989.

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