Green Mountain National Forest - Vermont

Enjoy a four-season recreation experience in the Mountain National Forest. Ablaze with color in autumn, popular with hikers, backpackers, and anglers in the summer, filled with skiers and snowboarders in the winter and bursting with new life in the spring, Green Mountain National Forest promises endless fun, all year round.

With 350,000 acres and over 500 miles of trails that stretch over two-thirds the length of Vermont, the Green Mountain National Forest is known as Vermont's National Forest, and with good reason. From birding and berry picking, to canoeing, cross-country skiing, mountain biking and snowmobiling, this forest has it all. The legendary Appalachian Trail runs through the forest and there is a network of well-maintained shelters spaced a day's hike apart for visitors to enjoy. The forest is filled with cold streams and beaver ponds famous for brook and rainbow-trout fishing. The remote forest roads and old logging roads are perfect for mountain biking, cross-country skiing, or simple scenic drives and major alpine ski areas from Stratton to Sugarbush are available for winter sport lovers.

The Green Mountain National Forest is divided into two sections: one section is in central Vermont and the other in southern Vermont. To get to the forest from Rutland, take US highway 7. The Forest Headquarters are in Rutland, with Forest offices also in Manchester, Rochester and Middlebury.