- White Rocks National Recreation Area
Infobox_protected_area | name = White Rocks National Recreation Area
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location =Vermont ,USA
nearest_city = Rutland, Vermont
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area = 36,400 acres (147.31 km²)
established =June 19 ,1984
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governing_body =United States Forest Service White Rocks National Recreation Area is a
United States National Recreation Area located in southernVermont within theGreen Mountain National Forest . The Peru Peak andBig Branch Wilderness areas are within White Rocks NRA. OnJanuary 17 ,2006 PresidentGeorge W. Bush signed S. 159, which renamed the park to the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area.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 maintainedsnowmobile trails within the recreation area.Chaos Canyon is a cleft in a giant quartzite rockslide in the the Area.External links
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/green_mountain/recreation_management/recreation.htm Green Mountain National Forest: Recreational Activities]
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