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Emerald Lake State Park, East Dorset, VT

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Sports & Outdoors

Emerald Lake State Park

A wooded Vermont state park built around a 20-acre lake that is open to non-motorized boats only.

65 Emerald Lake Lane, East Dorset, VT 05253 · East Dorset, VT

About Emerald Lake State Park

Emerald Lake State Park sits between Manchester and Rutland in Vermont. The park surrounds a 20-acre lake whose water looks green when seen from above. Visitors can swim at the beach, paddle, fish, hike wooded trails, and stay at a hillside campground. The park also has picnic areas, a rentable pavilion, and stand-up paddle board rentals. Its land holds traces of the marble quarrying that once shaped the Dorset area.

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