C-Marsh+Billings+Rockefeller+National+Historical+Park




 * __HISTORY__ **


 * Year it became a Park: ** Opened in June 1998, it was Vermont's first national park.

and for [|Frederick Billings], an early conservationist who established a progressive dairy farm and professionally managed forest on the former Marsh farm. [|The Mansion at Marsh-Billings] Today, the Park interprets the history of conservation with tours of the mansion and the surrounding 550-acre forest. media type="youtube" key="DStwXsmZ3OE" height="344" width="425"
 * Influential People: ** The Park is named for [|George Perkins Marsh], one of the nation's first global environmental thinkers, who grew up on the property,
 * How the Park became a Park: ** The Park was created in 1992, when the Rockefellers gifted the estates residential and forest lands to the people of the United States.

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 * Fact: ** It is the only unit of the [|United States National Park System] in Vermont (except for the __[|Appalachian Trail]__).
 * Attraction type: ** Farm, National park, Historic site, Historic home
 * Common Animals: ** Deer, Fish, Bears, and moose
 * Plants:  The dominant forest type in Vermont called the Hemlock - Northern Hardwoods. The three most common hardwoods here are [|Sugar Maple], [|Beech] , and [|Yellow Birch] . Of these,

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 * Activities: ** Viewing Foliage, Group Tours/Walking Tour, Biking, Horseback Riding, Skiing, Fishing, Rafting, Golfing, and Rock Climbing.

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· [|Map of the Park]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Address: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 54 Elm Street Woodstock, VT 05091


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tel: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 802-457-3368

are not allowed on groomed roads and trails. During the rest of the year, please make sure pets are on leash at all times.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pets: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Leashed pets are welcome until winter snows arrive and the carriage roads are groomed and used only for **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|cross-country skiing and snowshoeing] **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. Pets

a permanent condition of generous donation that transferred most of [|Mount Tom] to the [|National Park Service] and the American people. Since the park opened in 1998, people have been understanding and respectful of this limitation and have enjoyed the carriage roads and trail in many other ways.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Motorized Vehicles and Bicycles: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The use of motorized vehicles and bicycles on the carriage roads and trails is specifically restricted in the Deed of Gift -

<span style="color: #ffa500; font-family: Verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">**The village of Woodstock, as seen from the summit of Mount Tom

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Operating Hours & Seasons: The park is open to the public daily for tours from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Memorial Day weekend through October 31st. ** The 20 miles of historic Carriage Roads & Trails are open year round. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal;">[|The Billings Farm & Museum] is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., May 1 - October 31st.


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