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Fort Dummer State Park, Brattleboro, VT
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Fort Dummer State Park

A 217-acre forested state park in the Connecticut River Valley, named for Vermont's first permanent European settlement.

517 Old Guilford Rd, Brattleboro, VT 05301 · Brattleboro, VT

About Fort Dummer State Park

Fort Dummer State Park sits just outside Brattleboro and covers 217 acres of woodland in the southern foothills of the Green Mountains. It takes its name from Fort Dummer, built in 1724 as the first permanent European settlement in Vermont. The fort's original site now lies underwater after the Vernon Dam flooded it in 1908, and visitors can look down on that location from a scenic vista on the Sunrise Trail. The park offers 50 tent and RV sites, 10 lean-tos, three easy to moderate hiking trails, a small picnic field, and a volleyball net and horseshoe pit.

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