White Rocks National Recreation Area

White Rocks National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in southern Vermont, United States, within the Green Mountain National Forest. The Peru Peak and Big Branch Wilderness areas are within White Rocks NRA. On January 17, 2006 President George W. Bush signed Pub.L. 110–1, which renamed the park to the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, after Robert Stafford, former Governor of Vermont, United States Representative, and U.S. Senator.

Recreational activities include camping and hiking on a 30 mile (48 kilometer) section of the Appalachian Trail that traverses the recreation area. There are also 61 miles (97.6 kilometers) of maintained snowmobile trails within the recreation area. Chaos Canyon is a cleft in a giant quartzite rockslide in the Area.

The main road through the White Rocks National Recreation Area is Forest Road 10, which is also known as Danby-Landgrove Road. It home to many campsites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rocks_National_Recreation_Area

White Rocks

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This weekend I am thinking of heading up to White Rocks National Recreation Area. It’s a ways north of Manchester between Mount Tabor and Wallingford along Forest Road 10.

Gray Day

Wetlands

November

Sunday I’ll probably hike the White Rocks Overlook.

White Rocks Mountain

White Rocks Overlook

It was a nice trip when I went four years ago, and it’s not super far away from home for a weekend trip in early November. It should be quiet, with just a handful of small game hunters and others around.