Nearest city Rutland, Vermont Established June 19, 1984 | Phone +1 802-747-6700 | |
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Location Rutland / Bennington / Windsor counties, Vermont, United States Area 36,400 acres (147.31 km) Governing body United States Forest Service Website White Rocks National Recreation Area Address Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Sugar Hill Rd, Wallingford, VT 05773, USA Management United States Forest Service Similar Big Branch Wilderness, Underhill State Park, Hazen's Notch State Park, Lowell Lake State Park, Lake Shaftsbury State Park | ||
White rocks national recreation area in the green mountain national forest
White Rocks National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in southern Vermont, United States, within the Green Mountain National Forest. The Peru Peak and Big Branch Wilderness areas are within White Rocks NRA. On January 17, 2006 President George W. Bush signed Pub.L. 110–1, which renamed the park to the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, after Robert Stafford, former Governor of Vermont, United States Representative, and U.S. Senator.
Recreational activities include camping and hiking on a 30 mile (48 kilometer) section of the Appalachian Trail that traverses the recreation area. There are also 61 miles (97.6 kilometers) of maintained snowmobile trails within the recreation area. Chaos Canyon is a cleft in a giant quartzite rockslide in the Area.