Vermont, a northeastern state in the United States, is celebrated for its charming landscapes, including the iconic Green Mountains and picturesque valleys.
The Green Mountains, adorned with lush forests and pristine lakes, serve as a backdrop for exploration. From ascending scenic trails to cycling through quaint villages, the state caters to diverse interests. The Green Mountain National Forest provides a haven for camping under the stars, while Vermont’s serene lakes and rivers offer opportunities for kayaking and water-based escapades.
This webpage centers on free camping opportunities within the Green Mountain National Forest, inviting outdoor enthusiasts to immerse themselves in the region’s natural beauty. With a focus on hiking, biking, kayaking, and other outdoor activities, Vermont offers a plethora of adventures.
In Vermont, the union of nature’s wonders and outdoor pursuits promises a memorable and enriching experience for all who seek it.
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Partly sunny with fog and 65 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. 🌁 Calm wind. The dew point is 62 degrees. A rather pleasant morning with a breeze on a soon to be hot old July day. Clouds might keep it cooler though.
Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly sunny. ☀ But later on becoming cloudy 🌧, with a high of 78 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 67 at 4pm. Already seeing the clouds start to push in a bit Light southeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 89 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.
I have a few projects to work on today 📝 but I expect a fairly quiet day working from the hammock to replying to emails 📧 and taking calls 📞 from my hammock. The work laptop is charging using the solar power now, I’m sure there will be some kind of project come the afternoon to do. 💼 Probably at four o’clock. I do want to hit the swimming hole 🏊 later.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:58 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.3° from the due south horizon (-1.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:50 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (295°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (302°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:32 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 9:05 pm, which is 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:51 pm. At sunset, look out for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 67 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 8 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 14 seconds over yesterday.
I think my plan for today is to work in the Green Mountains 🗻 and maybe hit the swimming hole a few times and then head home after work, assuming it’s not raining too hard for unsafe driving 🚘. It’s been a fun week but I don’t want to camp in the pouring rain 💦 which it looks like we are right on to get a direct hit from Tropical Storm Fay here in the Green Mountains. Plus I’m low on ice but I’ve eaten most of the pershibles.
Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 Low of 65 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 7pm. 🏖️ East wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Yeah purty wet. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 71 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.
I keep finding litter 🚯 around this campsite which I keep picking up. Some people are pigs. 🐽 I know that when I camp, anything that doesn’t completely burnt gets packed out for recycling. ♻ I don’t put aluminum or glass in the fire pit and while I may burn out cans to clean them of food residue, I always clean out the fire pit and remove the cans and any unburnt plastic or similar residue. I bury my poop 💩 and I try to leave wood at the fireplace and tidy up the site before I leave. Nobody wants to see or smell your pile of poop or deal with your garbage. 🚮
On this day in 1890, Wyoming is admitted to the United States as the 44th US State. Many liberals regard that as a mistake, although it has some beautiful country out in Yellowstone and lots of grass to feed cows and oil and coal. 🗻 And in 1962, Telstar, the world’s first communication satellite is launched. 📡
Tomorrow will have showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 High of 78 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 70 at 2pm. 🏖️ Southwest wind around 6 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1936.
Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 67 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.
Good evening! Mostly clear and 71 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a south breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The muggy weather ends Tuesday around 11 pm. 😓
Kind of a hot day but until later in the afternoon the heat wasn’t that bad. 😰 I could always hop in the Deerfield River if it got too hot plus I had the fan blowing on me most of the day while working. Busy day at work but I did get to hit the swimming 🏊 hole a few times. Cooled off enough to have a little fire.
One of the locals mentioned that there is a place up the road that sells firewood 🔥 something I’ll have to keep in mind for future visits. I was able to cobble together enough wood for the fire plus some camp garbage I had to burn. I also had a bag of litter 🚮 I picked up, and when burning that I found a discarded butane container which I pulled out of the fire just in time.
Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy , with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9pm. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1963.
Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 75% illuminated. The moon will rise at 11:38 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Friday, July 24. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 4:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:23 am in the east-northeast (58°) and last for 3 minutes and 25 seconds. Sunrise is 44 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:05 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°).Tonight will have 8 hours and 51 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 12 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 75 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 67 at 1pm. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 89 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.
I think based on the latest forecast I’m going to head home 🏡 on Friday evening after work. Maybe hit the swimming hole a few times tomorrow but I don’t want to camp in the rain. And it’s likely going to be super wet here Friday night into Saturday. 💦
In four weeks on August 6 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (293°) at 8:06 pm,🌄 which is 25 minutes and 37 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 84 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1900.
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People on the internet only see the fun part of my working road trips, not the reports being written, memos and emails sent, the phone calls and all the other stuff.Or all the time I’m monitoring power and data consumption, the position of the sun and shadows for solar power. It seems like a life in paradise but it’s actually quite busy and with all the other things that go along, I’m so much busier that working from home or even just leisure camping.
Good evening! Partly clear and 67 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. 🌃 There is a west-southwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 65 degrees. The muggy weather ends Tuesday around 10 pm. 😓
So after my spade ♤ of bad luck 🍀 yesterday I moved to a new campsite near the Somerset Bridge and the Airfield camping area. Not as quiet and remote as the other area, I’m close to a good swimming hole 🏊 and I have a lot more solar power and ability to enjoy the stars ✨ on a clear night. Radio 📻 reception isn’t as good so I have fewer choices on live radio here – no New Hampshire or Vermont Public Radio here.
It was a busy day, warm but not as oppressive as it’s back in the city. 🌆 I did go for a few short swims and cool downs during the day but most of the day I was up to my neck finishing up another one of those 30 page memos 📝 and then this afternoon it was a big spreadsheet project. 📊 Rained for a while, actually it poured for a while at the four o’clock hour so my final hour ⏳ of the day was spent working from inside my truck cap. Internet worked fine most of the day 📶 and I had no trouble accessing the VPN connection for all the files 📂 I needed from the server. I also used the 120 volt fan in the tent 🎪 with my laptop and that worked good to keep things nice and comfortable.
While I’m still finding litter 🚮 at the campsite and are picking it up when I find it, I am quite happy with this campsite near the swimming hole even if it’s not the remote country of yesterday. 🐺 Being able to wash and cool off in the heat 😎 makes it a lot more enjoyable.
I am thinking I will stay through Saturday morning, when it looks like it will be rainy. ☔ By then the worse of the heat wave will likely break and I will have all day to drive home at my own pace rather than rushing home before 9 o’clock or leaving after 5 pm.
Tonight will have isolated showers before 10pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 64 degrees at 4am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11pm. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 41 occurred back in 1963.
Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 83% illuminated. The moon will rise at 11:11 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Thursday, July 23. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 4:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:22 am in the east-northeast (58°) and last for 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Sunrise is 43 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:05 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°).Tonight will have 8 hours and 50 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 8 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly sunny , with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 13th. Maximum dew point of 68 at 10am. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 103 was set in 1936.
In four weeks on August 5 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (294°) at 8:07 pm,🌄 which is 24 minutes and 46 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had sunny and temperatures between 83 and 54 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 99 degrees was set back in 1955.
People on the internet only see the fun part of my working road trips, not the reports being written, memos and emails sent, the phone calls and all the other stuff.Or all the time I’m monitoring power and data consumption, the position of the sun and shadows for solar power. It seems like a life in paradise but it’s actually quite busy and with all the other things that go along, I’m so much busier that working from home or even just leisure camping.
