D.A.R. State Park is located in western Vermont on State Highway 17,
approximately 1 mile north of Lake Champlain (toll) Bridge (see map,
Fig. 1). The park, which fronts on Lake Champlain, contains undeveloped
acres on the east side of the Highway. Tenting, leanto camping,
picnicking and swimming are adequately provided for during the summer
months.
This park, more than most others, not only awakens the visitor’s
curiosity about the past history of the Earth, but satisfies it. The
story of an ancient sea and the life which existed in it can be read
from the rocks exposed in D.A.R. State Park. You can read this story for
yourselves. This Pamphlet is designed as an aid to a more complete
understanding of the observations which you make. “Reading the rock
record” is not difficult, but the geologist does have the advantage of
possessing a certain trained scientific approach to these problems. This
method of approach, the “tools of the trade,” will now be passed on to
you.