Located about six miles from Stowe, Smugglers' Notch is a narrow pass through the Green Mountains surrounded by 1,000-foot high cliffs, with the winding road that is impassable in winter. The Notch is famous for being used for many illegal activities, from bringing cattle and goods from the British territories to Canada in the 19th century, to smuggling runaway slaves, and later illegal booze during prohibition from Canada to the United States.

Smugglers Notch State Park is open year-round for recreation, but can be accessed during the winter only by snowmobiles and skis. There are twenty campsites and fourteen lean-to shelters at the campgrounds just off Route 108. Trailheads for several hiking trails that head into Mount Mansfield State Forest start at the Smugglers Notch park.

6443 Mountain Rd, Stowe, VT 05672, Phone: 802-253-4014

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