White Rocks National Recreation Area

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White Rocks National Recreation Area
White Rocks National Recreation Area
Location: Vermont, USA
Nearest city: Rutland, Vermont
Area: 36,400 acres (147.31 km²)
Established: June 19, 1984
Governing body: United States Forest Service

White Rocks National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in southern Vermont within the Green Mountain National Forest. The Peru Peak and Big Branch Wilderness areas are within White Rocks NRA.

Recreational activities include camping and hiking on a 30 mile (48 kilometer) section of the Appalachian Trail than traverses the recreation area. There are also 61 miles (97.6 kilometers) of maintained snowmobile trails within the recreation area.

On Janurary 17, 2006 President George Bush signed S. 159, which renamed the park to The Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area.

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National Recreation Areas of the United States

Administered by the National Park Service
 Amistad | Big South Fork | Bighorn Canyon | Boston Harbor Islands | Chattahoochee River | Chickasaw | Curecanti | Delaware Water Gap | Gateway | Gauley River | Glen Canyon | Golden Gate | Lake Chelan | Lake Mead | Lake Meredith | Lake Roosevelt | Mississippi | Ross Lake | Santa Monica Mountains | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity  
Administered by other agencies
 Arapaho | Flaming Gorge | Grand Island | Hells Canyon | Land Between The Lakes | Mount Baker | Mount Rogers | Oregon Dunes | Pine Ridge | Rattlesnake | Sawtooth | Smith River | Spring Mountains | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks | White Rocks | Winding Stair Mountain  


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