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Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers Mount Mansfield Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)). [1] Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby. The U.S. state of Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles (24,900 km 2), making it the 45th-largest state.
Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles (24,900 km 2), making it the 45th-largest state. It is the only state that does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet (38 m). [66]
Vermont sits on the boundary of two great forest biomes. These two biomes clash and mix right under our feet. The first is the boreal forest, also known as the “tiaga,” to the north.
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Vermont has a land area of 9,616 square miles (24,906 square kilometers), which makes it the sixth smallest state in the country. It is about twice the size of Qatar and ten times smaller than the United Kingdom. Compared to other US states, it is roughly the same size as Massachusetts.
Vermont is home to over 800 lakes, with 220 being bigger than 20 acres. Some of the most notable include Lake Memphremagog, at 39 miles squared (102 kilometers squared), Lake Champlain, at 490 miles squared (1,269 kilometers squared), and Lake Bomoseen, at 3.7 miles squared (9.6 kilometers squared). Vermont also has roughly 7,099 miles (11,425 kilo...
Vermont is fairly hilly and mountainous and is heavily forested. The state can be divided into five physiographic regions: the Green Mountains, the Northeastern Highlands, the Taconic Mountains, the Champlain Lowlands, and the Vermont Piedmont.
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- Vermont was previously an independent country. Before Vermont became the 14th state, it existed as an independent nation for 14 years. It became independent in 1777 following clashes over land.
- Snow golf invented in Dummerston. Dummerston is the birthplace of snow golf thanks to the creative talent of Rudyard Kipling who invented the sport at his home.
- Cow Paradise. Vermont has the highest ratio of dairy cows in the United States. This concerning the total human population in the state. At some point, it was home to more cows than humans.
- The First Great American Road Trip. Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson was the first to drive an automobile across the U.S. in 1903. He was from Burlington. The inspiration for the journey was a bar bet of $50.
Ecoregions of North America, featuring the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited territories. The following is a list of ecoregions in the United States as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The United States is a megadiverse country with a high level of endemism across a wide variety of ecosystems.
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About 78 percent of Vermont’s land is forest, which provides about 1.5 billion dollars’ worth of revenue for the state each year. Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the United States, turning out almost two million gallons a year—that’s enough to fill about 40,000 bathtubs!
