Green Mountain National Forest 📍

Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a forest area typical of the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. The forest supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver, moose, coyote, black bear, and white tailed deer. It also supports an abundant variety of bird species, such as wild turkey and ruffed grouse. The forest, being situated in Vermont’s Green Mountains, has been referred to as the ‘granite backbone’ of the state.

The forest was established in 1932, as a result of uncontrolled overlogging, fire and flooding.[3] It consists of 399,151 acres (1,615.31 km2); and is the biggest contiguous land mass in the state. If Finger Lakes National Forest, which is managed as a unit of the Green Mountain National Forest, is included within it, GMNF is one of only two national forest northeast of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey barrier; the other being the White Mountain National Forest. Split into the southwest and central areas, GMNF has a total of eight wilderness areas. These were designated by Congress beginning with the Wilderness Act of 1964 to be areas off limits to mechanized gear down to and including bicycles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_National_Forest
http://www.fs.usda.gov/greenmountain

🖼️ Photos
Map: Severence Hill Trail

Forest Road 71 Earlier

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It was a beautiful day up here but cool with the breeze. 

Friday September 4, 2020 — Green Mountain National Forest — Bald Mountain in Bennington 🗺 — Beebe Pond 🗺 — Big Branch Hollow 🗺 — Bourne Pond Trail 🗺 — Branch Pond 🗺 — Cooley Glen Trail 🗺 — Equinox Mountain 🗺 — George Aiken Wilderness 🗺 — Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping 🗺 — Green Mountain National Forest North 🗺 — Green Mountain National Forest South 🗺 — Grout Pond 🗺 — Headwaters Of The White River 🗺 — Lye Brook Trail From Bourne To Stratton Pond 🗺 — Old Job Camping 🗺 — Prospect Mountain Road Campsites 🗺 — Shep Meadows 🗺 — Somerset Airfield Camping 🗺 — Stratton Mountain 🗺 — White Rocks Trail 🗺 — Yaw Pond Loop 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚
Map: Hunter Mountain Via Devil's Path
Map: Spy Lake
Map: Black Pond Wildlife Management Area

Shep Meadow

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This afternoon I walked down to Shep Meadow and explored Forest Road 83.

Saturday September 5, 2020 — Green Mountain National Forest — Bald Mountain in Bennington 🗺 — Beebe Pond 🗺 — Big Branch Hollow 🗺 — Bourne Pond Trail 🗺 — Branch Pond 🗺 — Cooley Glen Trail 🗺 — Equinox Mountain 🗺 — George Aiken Wilderness 🗺 — Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping 🗺 — Green Mountain National Forest North 🗺 — Green Mountain National Forest South 🗺 — Grout Pond 🗺 — Headwaters Of The White River 🗺 — Lye Brook Trail From Bourne To Stratton Pond 🗺 — Old Job Camping 🗺 — Prospect Mountain Road Campsites 🗺 — Shep Meadows 🗺 — Somerset Airfield Camping 🗺 — Stratton Mountain 🗺 — White Rocks Trail 🗺 — Yaw Pond Loop 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚
Map: Floodwood Pond Loop