Fort Dummer State Park

Hidden gem. Has three well-maintained easy hiking trails a mile or less. Staff is absolutely wonderful. Sites extremely clean. Grounds well maintained. Bathrooms are spotless! Not even a cobweb! It's obvious that staff takes great pride in their Park. Lots of sightseeing to be done within the area. Just a great spot overall! As always, with any campground, your experience will depend on who your neighbors are and how crowded it is when you were there.

This was our first time staying here, on our way home from Acadia NP in an RV. We were in site 1 and had no issues. The staff was welcoming, the campsite was clean and flat & fit our 27' RV. The bathrooms were typical campground bathrooms; except this campground uses tokens instead of quarters. A 50 cent token gets you 5 minutes of showering (buy tokens at the checkin station). The showers get HOT (thankfully!) with great water pressure. We enjoyed the slate quarry and sunrise trail. Unfortunately the mosquitoes were bad this time of year (June), but it's nothing the park can change. We would definitely come back again!

Fort Dummer in Brattleboro, VT is our go to camp site when we visit Vermont. We love that it is secluded enough to give us a nice peaceful outdoor setting but close enough that we are not traveling miles out of the way for quick visits to town. The staff is knowledgeable and attentive and we appreciate them. The campsites are well maintained and restroom and shower areas are clean, brightly lit and bug free. I was especially happy for the bug free part. Bring quarters for the showers. I was surprised that despite being in the forest I was rarely bit my mosquitoes or flies. I recommend this place 10/10 for every campsite visit when in Brattleboro, VT.

It’s a well managed and clean camp ground. Tad smaller than usual but works ok for one big tent. Got more than usual noisy after quiet time for one night. Close to the town and has access to groceries if you need to. There are 3 trails with one ending in a swimming hole (stream)

We camped here early September and enjoyed it very much. The sites are all very well maintained. We drove through and looked at them all before picking our site. The staff was extremely nice and friendly. The slate quarry was neat and a new experience for us. The hiking was easy and not stressful in the least. The women's bathroom on upper-end of the campground was insanely clean for a state park campground. There was not an unpleasant smell, a single bug or stain on any of the fixtures. As an avid camper, I was shocked. I even took a hot shower (you'll need to get tokens from the ranger). The shower needs updating, but it was definitely clean. If we find ourselves in the area again, we'd 100% stay here again.

Nice enough park, but really only 2 small loop trails, sunset and sunrise. Each trail is about 1 mile and each has one Scenic view about half way in. The sunset trail starts at the end of the play field and there is no sign for it until you walk to the end of that field. Easy to miss. There is a third small trail that goes to a pond. I didn't take it, but it's supposed to have a bit of an incline on the way back. The park has camp sites. Day access is $4 per person.

THE PARK RANGER THE OLDER GENTMEN PARK RANGER CALLED POLICE ON ME ONE TIME FOR DOING SOCIAL MEDIA LIVE! THE LOCAL POLICE CAME AND WERE ASKING ME IF I WAS ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND THAT I HAD TO LEAVE THE STATE PARK OR BE ARRESTED AT ONCE?? THE 2ND TIME THE PARK RANGER THREANTED TO CALL POLICE ON ME FOR PARKING IN THE SHADE AND DROVE ME RIGHT OFF THE PROPERTY? YOU NEED TO STOP TREATING LOCAL PAYING CITIZENS WHO PAY TAXES FOR THESE PARKS AND WHO DO NOT CONSUME ALCOHOL OR DRUGS TO STOP HARRASING THE PUBLIC AT ONCE.

Really enjoyed our time here. Park was clean in all aspects, staff was courteous and helpful. When you pull up to the entrance, there is parking to the right of the office/ranger station, and you must check-in first or make a day use/campsite reservation. They sell small stacks of local firewood. Each campsite has a fire ring with a small grill built-in for you to cook on. The ground was flat and even, mostly dirt. They offer both RV and/or tent spots. These vary in size but most are plenty spacious enough for a family, their vehicle, tent(s), and gear. You get a bit of traffic noise coming from downtown Brattleboro and the interstate nearby but overall it’s a pretty quiet state park. We didn’t end up hiking due to the weather and time constraints but there are a few easy trails within the park and are easily accessible to visitors of the park. Both the sunset and sunrise trails came recommended by the park guide. There are coin op showers, a picnic area, and more. We enjoyed our time here and I suggest looking into checking this park out for a nice ‘splore.

Well-maintained and pretty campground but the noise from surrounding traffic is absolutely audible and prevents sleep and quiet moments. This campground is a very good jumping off point to explore other areas in Vermont. The staff was very kind and helpful at check in.

I stayed here for a night with some friends (who were staying longer than I was) - it's a very clean feeling campground. The bathrooms were well maintained (also I would hope this would be the baseline for bathroom cleanliness in the times of Covid), the sites are big and flat, and there's a swimming hole you can walk down to! The campsites are close together, and I could see all my neighbors, but everyone was respectful and it was very quiet at night. The only minor downside is that I could hear the occasional passing car on 91 at night, otherwise this was a great campground (it also has accessible campsites!) for a chill night with some pals.

This park is good for a quick weekend getaway with friends for drinking and talking. It reminds me of the commercial campgrounds we went to when I was a kid. The sites are fairly close to each other and I'm glad we were on the outside of the loop, because the bathrooms are at the very center of the interior facing side loop and there are multiple paths going into them, making the sites not very private. All of the sites are very close to the road and the neighbors are mostly visible. There doesn't seem to be much hiking and the park has I-91 on two sides. It is great that town is really close and the highway is good in that it makes the park super convenient to get to.

I spent most of my time in the campground, which was gorgeous. The sites were the biggest I have ever, ever seen. Wow. Flat, private. Showers weren't too bad, typical state park esque. We took a short walk on the trails abutting the campground, which provided nice views of the green mountains. Also, this campground is dirt cheap, something like $14/night.