| Vermont is located in the New England
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| | south of the valley is Lake Bomoseen.
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| region in the eastern United States and
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| | Several mountains have timberlines: Mount
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| comprises 9,614 square miles (24,902
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| | Mansfield, the highest mountain in the
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| km2), making it the 45th largest state.
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| | state, as well as Killington are
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| Of this, land comprises 9,250 square
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| | examples. About 77 percent of the state
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| miles (23,955 km2) and water comprises
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| | is covered by forest; the rest is covered
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| 365 square miles (948 km2), making it the
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| | in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and
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| 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in
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| | swampy wetlands.
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| water area.
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| | Areas in Vermont administered by the
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| The west bank of the Connecticut River
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| | National Park Service include the
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| marks the eastern border of the state
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| | Appalachian National Scenic Trail and the
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| with New Hampshire (the river itself is
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| | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
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| part of New Hampshire). Lake Champlain,
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| | Historical Park in Woodstock.
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| the major lake in Vermont, is the
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| | Climate
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| sixth-largest body of fresh water in the
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| | Vermont has a humid continental climate
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| United States and separates Vermont from
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| | (Koppen climate classification Dfb), with
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| New York in the northwest portion of the
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| | warm, humid summers and cold winters,
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| state. From north to south, Vermont is
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| | which become colder at higher elevations.
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| 159 miles (256 km). Its greatest width,
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| | Vermont is known for its mud season in
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| from east to west, is 89 miles (143 km)
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| | spring followed by a generally mild
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| at the Canadian border; the narrowest
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| | summer and a colorful autumn, and
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| width is 37 miles (60 km) at the
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| | particularly for its cold winters. The
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| Massachusetts line. The state's
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| | northern part of the state, including the
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| geographic center is Washington, three
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| | rural northeastern section (dubbed the
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| miles (5 km) east of Roxbury.
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| | "Northeast Kingdom") is known for
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| There are six distinct physiographic
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| | exceptionally cold winters, often
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| regions of Vermont. Categorized by
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| | averaging 10 °F (6 °C) colder than the
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| geological and physical attributes, they
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| | southern areas of the state. Annual
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| are the Northeastern Highlands, the Green
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| | snowfall averages between 60 to 100
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| Mountains, the Taconic Mountains, the
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| | inches (150–250 cm) depending on
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| Champlain Lowlands, the Valley of Vermont
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| | elevation, giving Vermont some of New
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| and the Vermont Piedmont.
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| | England's best cross-country and downhill
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| The origin of the name Green Mountains
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| | ski areas.
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| (French: Verts monts) is uncertain. Some
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| | In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience
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| authorities say that they are so named
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| | an explosion of red, orange and gold
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| because they have much more forestation
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| | foliage displayed on the sugar maple as
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| than the higher White Mountains of New
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| | cold weather approaches. This famous
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| Hampshire and Adirondacks of New York.
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| | display of color that occurs so
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| Other authorities say that they are so
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| | abundantly in Vermont is not due so much
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| named because of the predominance of
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| | to the presence of a particular variant
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| mica-quartz-chlorite schist, a green-hued
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| | of the sugar maple; rather it is caused
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| metamorphosed shale. The range forms a
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| | by a number of soil and climate
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| north-south spine running most of the
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| | conditions unique to the area.
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| length of the state, slightly west of its
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| | The highest-recorded temperature was 105
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| center. In the southwest portion of the
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| | °F (41 °C), at Vernon on July 4, 1911;
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| state are the Taconic Mountains; the
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| | the lowest-recorded temperature was -50
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| Granitic Mountains are in the northeast.
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| | °F (-46 °C), at Bloomfield on December
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| In the northwest near Lake Champlain is
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| | 30, 1933.
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| the fertile Champlain Valley. In the
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