Old Constitution House State Historic Site
A tavern room witnessed Vermont declare an independent republic, with constitution room and tavern facade shaping the visit
Vermont, United States: places and wildlife — page 3
Browse the published Explore collection for Vermont, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
One estate traces changing American ideas about forest stewardship, with mansion and carriage roads shaping the visit
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
A surviving farmhouse complicates Vermont’s founding hero, with farmhouse and archaeology shaping the visit
Park-McCullough Historic Governor’s Mansion
A Second Empire mansion preserves wealth, technology, and family change
Rokeby Museum
Four generations of one family connect abolition, art, farming, and reform
Shelburne Farms
A model agricultural estate became a nonprofit center for sustainability education
Hope Cemetery
Granite carvers turned a working cemetery into an open-air design archive
Smugglers’ Notch State Park
A narrow mountain pass concentrates cliffs, boulders, caves, and road history
Mount Philo State Park
A short summit delivers a broad Champlain Valley lesson, with summit overlook and stone lodge shaping the visit
Grand Isle State Park
Lake Champlain camping opens onto island geology and long horizons, with rocky shore and island campground shaping the visit
Elmore State Park
A village lake rises directly into a fire-tower mountain, with lake beach and elmore mountain shaping the visit
Emerald Lake State Park
A clear green lake sits tight against a wooded valley, with green lake and wooded shore shaping the visit
Jamaica State Park
A river campground leads to a dramatic waterfall and flood history, with west river and rail trail shaping the visit
Quechee State Park
A state park gives safe access to Vermont’s deepest gorge, with gorge walls and route 4 bridge shaping the visit
Molly Stark State Park
A wooded campground climbs to a fire tower above southern Vermont, with fire tower and ccc campground shaping the visit
New Discovery State Park
Groton State Forest becomes a network of ponds, ridges, and linked trails
Waterbury Center State Park
A reservoir beach opens toward Mount Mansfield and working watershed infrastructure
Kingsland Bay State Park
A sheltered Champlain bay combines paddling, stone shoreline, and historic estate landscape
Camel’s Hump State Park
Vermont’s undeveloped alpine summit anchors a large forest reserve, with distinctive profile and alpine summit shaping the visit
Mount Ascutney State Park
A monadnock rises abruptly above the Connecticut River valley, with observation platform and summit road shaping the visit
Lake Willoughby
A deep glacial lake lies between cliffs often compared to a fjord, with deep blue lake and mount pisgah cliffs shaping the visit
Moss Glen Falls
A broad horsetail waterfall drops beside Route 100, with horsetail cascade and dark ledge shaping the visit
Texas Falls
A mountain stream twists through potholes, cascades, and polished bedrock
Warren Falls
Clear pools and sculpted ledges compress a river into a popular swimming gorge
Thundering Brook Falls
An accessible boardwalk reaches a tall, multi-tier mountain cascade, with wetland boardwalk and tiered waterfall shaping the visit
Hamilton Falls Natural Area
A powerful waterfall exposes the danger of polished bedrock and hidden hydraulics
Quechee Gorge
The Ottauquechee River cuts Vermont’s deepest gorge beneath Route 4, with deep gorge and high bridge shaping the visit
Long Trail
America’s oldest long-distance trail follows Vermont’s Green Mountain spine
Mount Mansfield via Sunset Ridge
An exposed ridge reaches Vermont’s highest summit over fragile alpine ground
Camel’s Hump via Monroe Trail
A sustained forest climb reaches Vermont’s most recognizable undeveloped summit
Island Line Trail
A rail trail appears to run across Lake Champlain, with stone causeway and bike ferry shaping the visit
Stowe Recreation Path
A five-mile greenway links village, river, farms, and mountain views, with river bridges and farm meadows shaping the visit
Lye Brook Falls Trail
A forest trail reaches one of Vermont’s tallest waterfalls, with long cascade and forest trail shaping the visit
Sterling Pond Trail
A steep notch trail reaches Vermont’s highest-elevation trout pond, with stone stair trail and sterling pond shaping the visit
Mount Pisgah Trail
Cliff-edge overlooks reveal Lake Willoughby’s glacial depth, with lake willoughby below and cliff overlook shaping the visit
Burlington Greenway
A waterfront path turns Burlington’s lake edge into public space, with waterfront path and adirondack sunset shaping the visit
VINS Nature Center
Raptor rehabilitation becomes a lesson in anatomy, habitat, and ethics
Indiana Bat
A small social bat winters in a few cold caves, migrates to summer forest roosts, and carries the name of the state where science first described it.
Lake Sturgeon
An armor-plated fish can live for more than a century, migrating from Lake Winnebago into rocky rivers for a brief, spectacular spring spawn.
Common Loon
Minnesota’s state bird is a superb underwater hunter whose haunting calls carry across northern lakes—but whose nest can fail after one careless wake.
Golden-winged Warbler
This crisp gray-and-gold migrant thrives not in deep forest or open field, but in the shifting edge between them—a habitat easy to erase by accident.
Walleye
Minnesota’s state fish is a low-light predator whose famous eyes, seasonal movements, and lake-by-lake management make it more interesting than a dinner plate.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
This large striped butterfly, South Carolina’s state butterfly, moves between tree canopies, flowers, puddles, and host plants.
Baltimore checkerspot
Black wings checked with cream and orange identify a wet-meadow butterfly whose official status contrasts with its rarity in Maryland.
Baltimore oriole
Maryland’s orange-and-black state bird whistles from leafy edges and suspends a woven pouch nest near a branch tip.
Black-eyed Susan
Rough-haired stems and golden rays around a raised brown center make Maryland’s state flower a familiar open-ground wildflower.
White oak
Maryland’s state tree supports insects and wildlife; rounded leaf lobes and pale bark reward a slower look in mature woodland.
Brook Trout
Follow this jewel-colored char from shaded headwaters to Adirondack ponds, where water quality shapes its future.