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National Parks in Vermont.

Vermont's NPS network at a glance — units, designations, visit totals, and what shapes the visiting season.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Vermont has one NPS unit — Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (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.

UnitDesignation5-yr avg visitsBusiest 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 — —

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.

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Last updated · 2026-05-19