Coolidge State Park

A typical lean-to available for camping at the park

Coolidge State Park is a Vermont State Park located in Plymouth, Vermont, United States.^[1] The park is named after Calvin Coolidge, who was a Vermont native most of his life.

History

The park was created in the 1930s and its initial facilities built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It includes the 21,500-acre (8,700 ha) Calvin Coolidge State Forest,^[1] the largest state forest in Vermont. It is located near the village of Plymouth Notch, the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge.^[1]

The park's CCC-built facilities are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

1 2 3 "Coolidge". Vermont State Parks.

Coordinates: 43°33′11″N 72°42′01″W / 43.55306°N 72.70028°W / 43.55306; -72.70028

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal	Appalachian Trail Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Green Mountain National Forest Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge White Rocks National Recreation Area

State Parks	Alburg Dunes Allis Ascutney Big Deer Bomoseen Boulder Beach Branbury Brighton Burton Island Button Bay Camel's Hump Camp Plymouth Cheney House Coolidge Crystal Lake D.A.R. Elmore Emerald Lake Fort Dummer Gifford Woods Grand Isle Green River Reservoir Half Moon Jamaica Kettle Pond Kill Kare Kingsland Bay Knight Island Knight Point Lake Carmi Lake Shaftsbury Lake St. Catherine Litte River Lowell Lake Maidstone Molly Stark Mount Philo New Discovery North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Stone Hut Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island

State Forests	Aitkin Albert C. Lord Arlington Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camels Hump Charles Downer Darling Emerald Lake State Forest Grafton Groton Hapgood Hazens Notch Jay John J. Dorano Jones Mathewson Molly Stark Morristown Mount Carmel Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby

Private	Babcock Nature Preserve

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

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