Button Bay State Park, VT

This popular 253-acre park, is located on a bluff in Ferrisburgh along the 130-mile long Lake Champlain. It is known for it's sunny, grassy campsites, sweeping views of Lake Champlain, swimming pool and a nature center located on Button Point. Historically, the area has been visited by such notables as Samuel De Champlain (1609), Ethan Allen (1776), Ben Franklin (1776), and Benedict Arnold (1777). Once operating as a farm, the area became a state park in 1964. The park is so named for the button-like concretions formed by clay deposits found along the shoreline.

The park gets its name from the clay concretions that form around on pebbles or around the stalks of plants that grow in the lake. When the plant stem dies and rots away, what's left behind resembles a rock with a hole drilled in the center of it. Early European explorers saw them and thought they looked like molds used to make buttons so it was originally called Button Mould Bay.

Excellent camping, swimming, boating, fishing, and picnicking. Nature and interpretive programs are also available.

4 rental cabins, 53 campsites, 13 lean-to's, restrooms with flush toilets, hot and cold running water and coin-operated showers, changing area, pavilion that can seat up to 100 with picnic tables and group grills, picnic areas, swimming pool, boat launch, and nature center. Drinking water is available throughout the park. There is a RV sanitary station but there are no hookups. No camping in or around pavilions. Camping on designated campsites only.

Chimney Point State Historic Site, Crown Point State Historic Site, Mount Independence State Historic Site, Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain Ferries, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, The Shelburne Museum

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