Brighton State Park

Brighton State Park
Type	State park
Location	102 State Park Road Island Pond, Vermont
Coordinates	44°47′53″N 71°51′18″W / 44.798°N 71.855°W / 44.798; -71.855Coordinates: 44°47′53″N 71°51′18″W / 44.798°N 71.855°W / 44.798; -71.855
Operated by	Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Status	Memorial Day weekend - Columbus Day weekend
Website	http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/brighton.htm

Brighton State Park is a state park in Island Pond, Vermont.^[1] The park features a campground on the 102-acre Spectacle Pond, which is mostly undeveloped.^[2] There is also a day use beach and bathhouse located on 600-acre Island Pond^[3] just a half mile from the campground.

Activities includes boating, swimming, camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking, wildlife watching and winter sports.^[4]

Facilities include two sandy beaches, bathhouse, boat rentals, 5 cabins, 61 tent/RV sites and 23 lean-tos, flush toilets, hot showers, and a dump station.^[1] There is a nature center and park rangers offer interpretive programs including night hikes, campfire programs, amphibian explorations, and nature crafts and games.

References

1 2 "Brighton State Park". Vermont State Parks. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Brighton State Park on Spectacle Pond". Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Island Pond becomes walleye fishing destination". WPTZ. September 21, 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "Brighton State Park". Oh Ranger. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links

Official website

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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