Vermont has one NPS unit (Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock) plus the Appalachian National Scenic Trail's Vermont section through the Green Mountains and segments of several other national trails. Burlington (BTV) is the main anchor airport; Lebanon (LEB, New Hampshire) is closer to Woodstock. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller is the country's only NPS unit dedicated to the history of conservation and sustainable forestry. The Rockefeller family's gift of the mansion, gardens, and managed forest preserves a continuous land-management record back to the 19th century. The park's full visitor program (mansion tours, carriage trail guided walks, summer concerts) runs late May through October. The Green Mountains stretch of the AT is best for thru-hiking July through September given New England weather; mud season in April-May closes many trails. Fall foliage runs late September through mid-October at elevation and drives the year's heaviest tourism statewide.
Every NPS unit in Vermont.
Vermont's 3 NPS units: 2 National Scenic Trails · 1 National Historical Park. Combined 5-year-average annual visits: 6,283,716 (multi-state units count their full visits in every state they touch, see methodology). The most-visited unit is Appalachian National Scenic Trail at about 6.22M annual visits.
Every National Park Service site in Vermont, mapped.
Each glowing marker is one site, placed at its real coordinates and colored by type. Select a marker for its yearly visits and a link, or use the filters to show or hide a group. 1 of 3 units are mapped here; long-distance trails and units centered in another state are in the table below.
Marker positions are each unit's official NPS coordinates. State outline: U.S. Census cartographic boundary (public domain). Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Unit
Designation
5-yr avg visits
Busiest month
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic TrailAPPA
6,215,118
July
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical ParkMABI
68,598
October
North Country National Scenic Trail
National Scenic TrailNOCO
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Methodology
Unit list and per-unit visit counts come from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025. The "5-year average visits" column is the mean of 2021-2025 Recreation Visits. Multi-state NPS units (Yellowstone, Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountains and others) are listed under every state they touch; the per-unit visit count is the unit's total, not a per-state share. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.