Putnam State Forest

Putnam State Forest, officially known as C.C. Putnam State Forest, covers 13,633 acres (55.17 km²) in Lamoille and Washington County in Vermont.[1] The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation in parts of Stowe, Elmore, Waterbury, Worcester and Middlesex.

Putnam State Forest
Moss Glen Falls lies within the boundaries of the forest.

Type	State forest
Location	Lamoille and Washington County, Vermont
Coordinates	44.4234°N 72.6228°W / 44.4234; -72.6228
Area	13,633 acres (55.17 km²)
Operated by	Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Website	Website

Activities in the forest include hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and wildlife viewing.[2]

The forest is located in the Worcester Range, part of the Green Mountains, and includes Mount Hunger, Mount Putnam and Mount Worcester.[3] All the land above 2,500 feet elevation is designated as Worcester Range Natural Area, an area of 4,032 acres.

An 80-acre section in Stowe is designated as the Moss Glen Falls Natural Area (Stowe) and features one of the highest waterfalls in the state, with a total drop of over 100 feet.[4][5][6]

References

"Putnam State Forest". Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
"Best Trails in CC Putnam State Forest". All Trails. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
"Mount Hunger Hiking". Roots Rated. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
"Natural Areas". VT Dept of Forest, Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
"Moss Glen Falls Trail". All Trails. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
"Moss Glen Falls". New England Waterfalls. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

External links

Official website

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal

National Historical Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Wildlife Refuges	Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
National Forest	Green Mountain National Forest
National Wilderness Areas	Bristol Cliffs Wilderness Breadloaf Wilderness Joseph Battell Wilderness Big Branch Wilderness Peru Peak Wilderness Lye Brook Wilderness Glastenbury Wilderness George D. Aiken Wilderness
National Recreation Areas	Moosalamoo National Recreation Area White Rocks National Recreation Area
National Trails	Appalachian Trail North Country Trail
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missisquoi River Trout River

State

State Parks	Alburg Dunes Allis Big Deer Bomoseen Boulder Beach Branbury Brighton Burton Island Button Bay Camel's Hump Camp Plymouth Coolidge Crystal Lake D.A.R. D & H Rail Trail Elmore Emerald Lake Fort Dummer Gifford Woods Grand Isle Green River Reservoir Half Moon Pond Hazen's Notch Jamaica Kamp Kill Kare Kettle Pond Kingsland Bay Knight Island Knight Point Lake Carmi Lake Shaftsbury Lake St. Catherine Litte River Lowell Lake Maidstone Molly Stark Molly's Falls Pond Mt. Ascutney Mt. Philo Muckross New Discovery Niquette Bay North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Sentinel Rock Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Sweet Pond Taconic Mountains Ramble Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island
State Forests	Aitken Arlington Black Turn Brook Boyer Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camel's Hump Dorand Downer Granville Gulf Reservation Groton Hapgood Jay Jim Jeffords Jones Long Trail Lord Lower Clarendon Gorge Lyndon Mathewson Mollie Beattie Mount Carmel Mount Cushman Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby
Natural Areas	Amity Pond Big Falls of the Missisquoi Button Point Cambridge Camel's Hump Campmeeting Point Cascade Falls Daniel's Notch Emerald Lake Fisher-Scott Memorial Pines Gifford Woods Granville Gulf Hamilton Falls Hazen's Notch Highgate Cliffs Kingsland Bay Lake Carmi Bog Lords Hill Lucy Mallary Bugbee Marl Pond and Swamp Mendon Peak Morristown Bog Moss Glen Falls (Granville) Moss Glen Falls (Stowe) Mt. Mansfield Peacham Bog Shrewsbury Peak Spectacle Pond Tabletop Mountain Terrible Mountain Tinker Brook Weybridge Cave Willoughby Cliffs Worcester Range

Private

Babcock Nature Preserve
Eshqua Bog
Achilles Natural Area
Buckner Memorial Natural Area
Hogback Mountain Conservation Area
Mountain Meadow Preserve
Shaw Mountain Natural Area
Williams Woods Natural Area

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

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