THE MOOSALAMOO REGION

Moosalamoo truly has something for everyone, and for each season of the year. Enjoy a good hike along the Long Trail, or from Lake Dunmore up to Rattlesnake Cliffs. Walk among the wild blueberries of Hogback with spectacular mountain views to the east, south and west. Stroll around the beautiful Robert Frost Trail, read some of his poems and feel the inspiration of this place he loved.

Camping is wonderful at the Vermont State Park of Branbury set on the shores of Lake Dunmore, at Silver Lake where the Green Mountain National Forest maintains simple campsites along the edge of this mountain lake, and at the Moosalamoo campground at the foot of Mount Moosalamoo.

Winter brings its own delights. Moosalamoo has several cross-country ski locations as well as the Middlebury College Snow bowl for the downhill skier. Also if you enjoy hiking in the summer then you will probably love its winter cousin -- snowshoeing. Other winter activities include mushing and snowmobiling.

In the spring thousands of ephemeral woodland wildflowers carpet the forest floor. Later in the season purple asters, goldenrod and ripening grasses precede the spectacular autumn foliage display.

The large contiguous habitat is home to numerous animals, large and small, from moose to bobcat, and from bear to weasel (in the winter these little animals transform themselves into white ermine). The birds of Moosalamoo include many hawks, riding the thermals of the Green Mountains, and the recently reestablished Peregrine Falcons that nest on the Cliffs of Mount Horrid and Rattlesnake Cliffs.

The Moosalamoo Region was not always the forested landscape that is seen today.  Much of the area was cleared in the early 1800's for growning crops and grazing animals.  Family cemetaries, stone foundations, cellar holes, and miles of stone walls can be found while hiking through the woods of Moosalamoo.

Headstones in the Dutton Family Cemetary

Take a driving tour of the Moosalamoo Region.
Download a pdf of the Moosalamoo Driving Tour and Guide.

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