Sweet Pond State Park

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Sweet Pond State Park
Sweet Pond State Park
Type State park
Location2763 Sweet Pond Rd
Guilford, Vermont
Coordinates 44°03′12″N73°24′44″W / 44.0534°N 73.4123°W / 44.0534; -73.4123 Coordinates: 44°03′12″N73°24′44″W / 44.0534°N 73.4123°W / 44.0534; -73.4123
Area100 acres
Operated byVermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
OpenDay use
Website https://vtstateparks.com/sweetpond.html

Sweet Pond State Park is a 100-acre state park in Guilford, Vermont surrounding 18-acre Sweet Pond, an artificial impoundment on Keats Brook that is currently full as of 2019. [1]

This is an undeveloped, day-use park. There is a public parking area and the 1.3 miles Sweet Pond Trail that circumnavigates the pond. [2]

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References

  1. "Sweet Pond State Park". State Lands Administration. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. "Sweet Pond State Park". Vermont State Parks. Retrieved 24 July 2016.