Kingsland Bay State Park

Kingsland Bay State Park
Type	State park
Location	787 Kingsland Bay State Park Rd. Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Coordinates	44°14′10″N 73°18′14″W / 44.236°N 73.304°W / 44.236; -73.304Coordinates: 44°14′10″N 73°18′14″W / 44.236°N 73.304°W / 44.236; -73.304
Area	264 acres
Operated by	Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Open	Memorial Day weekend - Columbus Day weekend
Website	http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/kingsland.htm

Kingsland Bay State Park is a 264-acre state park in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, on the shore of Lake Champlain.

Activities includes swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, picnicking, bicycling, wildlife watching, and winter sports.^[1]

Facilities include boat rentals, a small beach with a snack bar, a picnic pavilion with 2 group grills and a smaller grill, other picnic tables, a horseshoe pit and toilets.^[2] There are several buildings available to rent for large group gatherings.

The State of Vermont has designated 50 acres as the Kingsland Bay Natural Area.^[3] The area includes two peninsulas on Lake Champlain separated by Kingsland Bay that support unspoiled natural plant communities, on the shoreline as well as on and behind their bluffs. The Hulburt (western) portion features a lake bluff cedar-pine forest.

References

↑ "Kingsland Bay State Park". Oh Ranger. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Kingsland Bay State Park". Vermont State Parks. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Natural Areas". Vermont State Lands Administration. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

External links

Official web site

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal	Appalachian Trail Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Green Mountain National Forest Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge White Rocks National Recreation Area

State Parks	Alburg Dunes Allis Big Deer Bomoseen Boulder Beach Branbury Brighton Burton Island Button Bay Camel's Hump Camp Plymouth Coolidge Crystal Lake D.A.R. D & H Rail Trail Elmore Emerald Lake Fort Dummer Gifford Woods Grand Isle Green River Reservoir Half Moon Pond Hazen's Notch Jamaica Kamp Kill Kare Kettle Pond Kingsland Bay Knight Island Knight Point Lake Carmi Lake Shaftsbury Lake St. Catherine Litte River Lowell Lake Maidstone Molly Stark Mt. Ascutney Mt. Philo New Discovery Niquette Bay North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Sentinel Rock Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Sweet Pond Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island

State Forests	Aitken Albert C. Lord Arlington Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camels Hump Charles Downer Darling Emerald Lake State Forest Grafton Groton Hapgood Hazens Notch Jay John J. Dorano Jones Mathewson Molly Stark Morristown Mount Carmel Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby

Private	Babcock Nature Preserve Eshqua Bog Natural Area Hogback Mountain Conservation Area Mountain Meadow Preserve

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

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