Summer is short in Vermont, but there are so many ways to get outside with your kiddos for some old-fashioned fun. Our family ...

The survey identified Quechee, Button Bay and Camel’s Hump state parks as Vermont’s best family-friendly parks. Vermont’s most popular family-friendly state parks. Hartford’s Quechee State ...

CORRECTION: Vermont State Parks hosted 1.03 million people last year. The initial number provided to the Free Press was incorrect. Dreaming of that summer camping trip at a Vermont state park this ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s state parks are nearly at capacity for camping this Labor Day weekend. As of noon Friday, only eight of the state’s 55 parks had any campsites left and ...

While free and open for day visitors, Vermont State Parks will not allow camping until at least late June, according to an announcement made Wednesday on the organization's COVID-19 update page.

Vermont State Parks have canceled camping reservations until June 25. The agency says refunds will be issued automatically in the form of gift certificates. When camping resumes, ...

The July 10-11 floods damaged and washed-out many state park access roads in northern Vermont. Here are the state parks that are closed.

A Vermont State Parks initiative invites everyone to "start off the new year on the right foot." Free guided hikes will take place at state parks and other public lands across Vermont on Jan. 1. Hikes ...

Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore said 300 seasonal staff at the state parks are being trained, with an eye toward opening camping by June 26 or earlier. “We’re working hard to have as ...

A section of the West River Trail in Jamaica State Park, damaged by a landslide, is awaiting repairs. Camp Plymouth, which has been closed since the flooding, is scheduled to reopen this month.

Black bears topple bird feeders in New Jersey housing developments and shamble down highways in Aspen, Colo. Two years ago, the state parks department asked Hammond to assess the bear situation at ...

Three Vermont state parks were named among the country's most popular parks for families, according to a recent poll. Here's what made the list.