Description - With 350,000 acres and over 500 miles of trails
stretching over two-thirds the length of Vermont, the Green
Mountain National Forest offers endless opportunities for people
of all ages and abilities to get into the great outdoors all
year long. From rugged mountaintops to secluded streams, you'll
discover the ideal place for every activity from birding, berry
picking, canoeing to cross-country skiing, mountain biking and
snowmobiling. The legendary Appalachian Trail and Long Trail run
through the Forest with a network of well-maintained shelters
spaced a day's hike apart. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
National Historic Park is named for George Perkins Marsh, one of
the nation's first global environmental thinkers, who grew up on
the property, and for Frederick Billings, an early
conservationist who established a progressive dairy farm and
professionally managed forest on the former Marsh farm.
Frederick Billings' granddaughter, Mary French Rockefeller, and
her husband, conservationist Laurance