Skip to content
Waterbury Center State Park, Waterbury Center, VT
Sports & Outdoors

Waterbury Center State Park

A day-use state park on a peninsula in Waterbury Reservoir, offering swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, and picnicking in central Vermont.

177 Reservoir Rd., Waterbury Center, VT 05677 · Waterbury Center, VT

About Waterbury Center State Park

Waterbury Center State Park sits on a 90-acre peninsula along the eastern side of Waterbury Reservoir, a short drive off VT Route 100. The park is a day-use area within Mount Mansfield State Forest. Visitors can swim at a beach with a marked swimming zone, launch or rent boats and paddle boards, fish for species such as rainbow trout, perch, and bullhead, and walk a universally accessible trail that includes two fishing platforms. Grassy lawns and picnic tables make it a popular spot for lunch. Camping and pets are not permitted, and nearby camping is available at Little River State Park and the Waterbury Reservoir remote sites.

  • #day-use
  • #swimming
  • #boating
  • #fishing
  • #picnicking

What's around here?

The closest stops to Waterbury Center State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Little River State Park

    Under $25

    A central Vermont state park built around Waterbury Reservoir, known for camping, boating, fishing, hiking, and mountain biking.

    1.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Ben & Jerry's Factory

    Under $25

    Take a 30-minute guided ice cream factory tour with a sample, then visit the Flavor Graveyard for retired flavors.

    2.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Stay
    Iconic

    von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort

    $50+

    Stay at the Austrian-style mountain lodge run by the singing von Trapp family on 2,600 acres above Stowe.

    5.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Stay

  • Museums

    Stowe Historical Society Museum

    Check prices

    Local history museum in two historic one-room schoolhouses in Stowe Village, Vermont.

    6.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Smugglers' Notch State Park

    Under $25

    Camp and hike at the foot of Mount Mansfield in the narrow Green Mountains pass that the notch road climbs through.

    9.8 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Iconic

    Stowe Mountain Resort

    $50+

    Ski Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, and Spruce Peak, then unwind in the slopeside Spruce Peak Village.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    11 mi awayMore like this

Near Waterbury Center State Park

More of the same kind

Keep exploring