Area 1

Area 1: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Area 1

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Area 1 — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.80602, -72.26023. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Area 1

• Union Village Covered Bridge · attraction · Orange · ~2 km · Must-see
• Thetford Hill State Park · park · Orange · ~3 km · Must-see
• Sayre Bridge · attraction · Orange · ~4 km · Must-see
• Lyme-East Thetford Bridge · attraction · Grafton · ~8 km · Must-see
• Gile Mountain · viewpoint · Grafton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Vermontasaurus · attraction · Orange · ~11 km · Must-see
• Beaver Meadow Union Chapel · church · Windsor · ~13 km · Must-see
• Hanover Center Reservoir Dam · lake · Grafton · ~14 km · Must-see
• The Epic of American Civilization · attraction · Grafton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Hood Museum of Art · museum · Grafton · ~15 km · Must-see
• Montshire Museum of Science · museum · Grafton · ~15 km · Must-see
• Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge · lake · Grafton · ~19 km · Must-see
• West Fairlee Center Church · church · Orange · ~19 km · Must-see
• Goose Pond · lake · Grafton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Clark Pond · lake · Grafton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Colburn Park · sanctuary · Grafton · ~23 km · Must-see
• Smarts Mountain · viewpoint · Grafton · ~23 km · Must-see
• Howe Covered Bridge · attraction · Orange · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Area 1

Other parks near Area 1

• Thetford Hill State Park · park · Orange · ~3 km · Must-see
• Quechee State Park · park · Windsor · ~28 km · Must-see
• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park · park · Windsor · ~36 km · Must-see
• Arrowhead Recreation Area · park · Sullivan · ~62 km · Must-see
• Clark's Bears · park · Grafton · ~67 km · Must-see
• Winslow State Park · park · Merrimack · ~70 km · Must-see
• Hubbard Park · park · Grafton · ~72 km · Must-see
• Dwight D Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery · park · Rutland · ~73 km · Must-see
• Stellafane-West (Breezy Hill) · park · Windsor · ~78 km · Must-see
• Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site · park · Merrimack · ~79 km · Must-see

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