Contact Info Quechee State Park 764 Dewey Mills Road, White River Junction, Vermont 05001 Park Phone: 802-295-2990 Season:   Memorial Day Weekend - October 19
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Quechee Recreation Area is a large park spread out over a vast area. It is unique in that 611 acres of the park are not owned by the state, but leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The tract of land, which is leased from the Corps, contains the campground, picnic area, and utility building.

The land on which the park is located was originally owned by the A.G. Dewey Company, which dealt with wool processing. Remains of this mill and dam can still be seen at the head of the gorge. The recreation area for the mill is now the park's campground. The area around the present toilet building contained a skeet range, baseball field, and picnic area. All that remains of this facility are a few foundations of the fireplaces and millions of broken clay pigeons.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired the park and mill area in 1952 when North Hartland Flood Control Dam was constructed. The reason for the purchase of this area was that when the flood gates in North Hartland are closed, the river can be backed up to a level that would put the mill area and the low section of Club House Road, by Marshland Farms, under ten feet of water. An example of this occurred in April of 1969 when the river was backed up to the spillway of the Dewey Mill Dam. Although the campground was not submerged, parts of the hiking trails were. Pieces of houses and mud can still be seen in the trees as you walk these trails.

The park contains 45 tent/trailer sites and 7 lean-to sites which are located in the camping area. Two bathrooms with showers ($) serve the campground. Most sites are large enough to accommodate large RVs. There is a sanitary dump station, but no hookups. A large field and play area are also in the campground. Located next to Quechee Gorge is a picnic area with a pit toilet and a hiking trail along the gorge.

Area Attractions: Quechee Gorge, VINS Nature Center, Quechee, Glass Blowing Mill and Pottery Shop, Quechee; Billings Farm Museum, Woodstock, Sugarbush Farm, Woodstock; King Arthur Flour Factory & Museum, Norwich; St. Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH.