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Vacation Travel
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Picture of Quechee Gorge in Quechee, Vermont
Quechee Gorge
is a mile-long, 165-feet deep gorge on the
Ottauquechee River in Hartford, Vermont. The gorge
frames the glacial Devonian Gile Mountain Formation,
an ice-contact delta from meltwater streams flowing
into Lake Hitchcock.
Lake
Hitchcock, dammed in the south by a glacial moraine,
extended from Connecticut nearly 200 miles north to
the Canadian border, with smaller arms extending
into present river valleys.
When glacial
Lake Hitchcock drained, the Ottauquechee River cut
quickly through delta sediment, establishing the
present course of the Ottauquechee River. It has
slowly carved the gorge through bedrock for the past
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The Quechee Visitor Center next Quechee Gorge was
built into the hill adjacent to the gorge and trail.
Visitors can obtain brochures, magazines, books and
guides, look at the area displays and get useful
information to help them during their travels.
The center is located on Route 4 between Quechee
State Park and Quechee Gorge, approximately 8 miles
from Woodstock, Vermont and 2 miles from the
intersection of I-89 and Route 4. The Visitor Center
is open 7 days a week, closed on holidays. For more
information call (802)-295-6852 after 10 a.m. EST.
Quechee
Area Attractions
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Quechee Gorge Visitor Center |
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VINS Nature Center |
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Simon Pearce Glass Studio,
Restaurant and Store |
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Pegasus Gallery in Quechee |
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Ott Dogs |
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The Quechee Inn at Marshland
Farm |
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