Molly Stark State Park
A wooded campground climbs to a fire tower above southern Vermont, with fire tower and ccc campground shaping the visit
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A wooded campground climbs to a fire tower above southern Vermont, with fire tower and ccc campground shaping the visit Camping, picnic areas, CCC-era landscape work, and the Mount Olga Trail lead to a steel tower with views across rounded Green Mountain ridges. The park honors Molly Stark by name but tells a broader twentieth-century story of public recreation, forest recovery, and scenic infrastructure.
Hike the loop early, climb the tower only in safe conditions, then use the quieter campground landscape to notice CCC design. Tower stairs are exposed and unsuitable during lightning, ice, or severe wind; the park road and facilities are seasonal.
- Summit
- Mount Olga
- Landmark
- Fire tower
- Era
- CCC park development
Quick guide
- Find CCC traces
- Roads and recreation structures shaped the park.
- Climb Mount Olga
- The loop is short but genuinely uphill.
Know before you go
- Find CCC traces
- Roads and recreation structures shaped the park.
- Climb Mount Olga
- The loop is short but genuinely uphill.
- Assess the tower
- Wind, ice, and lightning cancel the climb.
- Scan the ridges
- Southern Vermont unfolds in repeated green folds.
Good to know
Tower stairs are exposed and unsuitable during lightning, ice, or severe wind; the park road and facilities are seasonal.
Notice these
- fire tower
- CCC campground
- Green Mountain ridges