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VT: Mt Philo SP, Green Mountains

7 images Created 10 Dec 2014

See the sun set over see Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park, in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. To the north rises Mount Mansfield (4393 feet or 1339 m), the highest mountain in Vermont: in the Green Mountains (a range in the Appalachians), drive Vermont Route 108 from Jeffersonville to Stowe through the narrow mountain pass of Smugglers Notch.

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  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted.
    1410VT-006-p1_Mt-Philo-SP.jpg
  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted. The panorama was stitched from 16 overlapping photos.
    1410VT-028-043pan_Mt-Philo-SP.jpg
  • Mount Mansfield (4393 feet or 1339 m) is the highest mountain in Vermont. In the Green Mountains (a range in the Appalachians), drive Vermont Route 108 from Jeffersonville to Stowe through the narrow mountain pass of Smugglers Notch (not passable for RVs longer than 28 feet due to boulders protruding on tight turns), in Lamoille County, VT, USA. The tight notch (most of which is in Mount Mansfield State Forest) separates Mount Mansfield from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range. The name Smugglers Notch goes back to the Embargo Act of 1807 which forbade American trade with Great Britain and Canada, as President Thomas Jefferson wanted to prevent American involvement in the Napoleonic Wars. But Vermonters still herded livestock and smuggled crucial goods through the Notch to nearby Montreal. Fugitive slaves escaped through here to Canada. Upgraded for automobile traffic in 1922, the route eased liquor flow from Canada during Prohibition. Smugglers Notch State Park was created by the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Mount Mansfield is one of three spots in Vermont where true alpine tundra survives from the Ice Ages. The mountain has many hiking trails, such as the Long Trail ridgeline traverse.
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  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted.
    1410VT-052_Lake-Champlain.jpg
  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted. The panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    1410VT-017-018pan_Lake-Champlain.jpg
  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted. The panorama was stitched from 7 overlapping photos.
    1410VT-044-050pan_Lake-Champlain.jpg
  • See the sun set over the Adirondacks from atop Mount Philo State Park (established 1924), in Charlotte, Vermont, USA. From atop Mount Philo (968 feet elevation), see Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east and south. Ascend via steep narrow car road (not suitable for RVs longer than 25 feet) or by trail. Mt. Philo is comprised of hard sedimentary rocks (Cambrian Monkton Quartzites) that are thrust over younger Ordovician rocks of the Stony Point Formation. Its Cambrian rocks were deposited 500 million years ago on a warm shallow marine shelf along the east coast of Laurentia (Proto North America) then tectonically uplifted. The panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    1410VT-006-008pan_Mt-Philo-SP.jpg
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