Branbury State Park

Branbury State Park
View of Lake Dunmore from the park
Type	State park
Location	3570 Lake Dunmore Rd. Brandon, Vermont (mailing address; park is in Salisbury and Leicester)
Coordinates	43°54′22″N 73°04′00″W / 43.906°N 73.0667°W / 43.906; -73.0667Coordinates: 43°54′22″N 73°04′00″W / 43.906°N 73.0667°W / 43.906; -73.0667
Area	69 acres (28 ha)
Created	1945 (1945)
Operated by	Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Status	Memorial Day weekend - Columbus Day weekend
Website	http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/branbury.htm

Branbury State Park is a 69-acre state park in the towns of Salisbury and Leicester, Vermont.^[1] The park is located on the eastern shore of Lake Dunmore at the base of Mt. Moosalamoo. It is divided by Vermont Route 53.

Activities includes boating, swimming, camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking, wildlife watching and winter sports.^[2]

Facilities include a sandy beach, boat rentals, a snack concession, 37 tent sites and 7 lean-to sites, flush toilets, hot showers, and a dump station.^[1] There is a nature center and park rangers offer interpretive programs including night hikes, campfire programs, amphibian explorations, and nature crafts and games.

Green Mountain National Forest is adjacent to the park's east side.

References

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1 2 "Branbury State Park". Vermont State Parks. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Branbury State Park". Oh Ranger. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links

Official website

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal	Appalachian Trail Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Green Mountain National Forest Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge White Rocks National Recreation Area

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 Mt. Ascutney Mt. Philo New Discovery Niquette Bay North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Sentinel Rock Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Sweet Pond Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island

State Forests	Aitken Albert C. Lord Arlington Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camels Hump Charles Downer Darling Emerald Lake State Forest Grafton Groton Hapgood Hazens Notch Jay John J. Dorano Jones Mathewson Molly Stark Morristown Mount Carmel Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby

Private	Babcock Nature Preserve Eshqua Bog Natural Area Hogback Mountain Conservation Area Mountain Meadow Preserve

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

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