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The land of Wilgus State Park was given to the state of Vermont in 1933 by Colonel and Mrs. William Wilgus for the creation of Wilgus State Park.
The original park, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, consisted of a picnic area with large flue-type stone fireplaces and picnic tables, and the ranger's quarters.
The campground was developed and expanded between 1960 and the present time. Wilgus State Park is a very popular park for canoes and kayaks, since it is located on the Connecticut River.
This park provides day use access to the Connecticut River and the Pinnacle Trail hike provides a scenic vista of the Connecticut River Valley.
Facilities / Amenities
There are 4 cabins, 15 tent/trailer sites and 6 lean-to sites which overlook the Connecticut River. There are two restrooms with flush toilets, hot and cold running water and coin-operated hot showers. There is a picnic area and 3 lean-tos in the Group area. Canoe and kayak rentals are available at the contact station as well as a WiFi connection. A trailer sanitary station is located near the ranger's quarters. There is also a small picnic shelter for campers.
From I-91 (Exit #8): Go 1.5 miles south on US 5.
This is our 2nd time at Wilgus and it's lovely! They brought our wood to our site for the weekend, the amenities are basic, but clean, and the actual site is lovely. It is on the river though, which means it can be buggy. Not the parks fault, obviously, you gotta expect nature when you're camping.
Great park and great staff. Ranger Eric and staff are awesome. The cabin was great and there are lots of things to do in the area. You will not be disappointed. Definitely a great stay.
This was the first place my wife and I ever camped in Vermont over 10 yrs ago and when we had to change our plans all of a sudden this year Wilgus State Park is our goto. 15mins from Walmart and Groceries, 4 mins from Dunkins, 10 mins from a laundry mat, right on the conneticut river. We never stayed at site 8 before usually go for the lean-tos, but at last minute we got site 8 right next to the water it was shady but our tp tent worked great and we stayed dry for the 2 days it rained outta the 7 we stayed, we had friends visit us that we hadnt seen since b4 covid, so this place has just been so special to us TYSM , The staff are all friendly the bathrooms with coin op showers is clean drinking water is free at 2 different spouts, and you get alot of wood for the price and it burns 2-3hrs a log which is nice, the store has sweatshirts bandanas tshirts and water bottles that procedes go back into the park . We cant say enough good when it comes to Wilgus State park you should plan a trip to stay and make your own opinion then add to my reviews
