Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area is a
wildlife management area in the
U.S. state of
Vermont. It consists of in the towns of
Huntington,
Buels Gore, and
Fayston. The area is owned by the State of Vermont and administered by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
The Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area is approximately north of
Vermont Route 17 in
Chittenden and
Washington counties. The area is wholly contained within
Camel's Hump Forest Reserve Camel's Hump Forest Reserve is a protected area in the U.S. state of Vermont. The area is bounded by Vermont Route 17 on the south, the Winooski River on the north, the Mad River on the east, and the Huntington River on the west. The Forest ...
. It is bordered by
Camel's Hump State Park
Camel's Hump State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Vermont. The park straddles the northern Green Mountains in an area bounded by Vermont Route 17 on the south and the Winooski River on the north. As of 2017, the park covered a ...
on the north, south, and west. Its far western boundary extends to
Lewis Creek Wildlife Management Area.
Description
The most prominent feature in the Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is Huntington Gap, a low saddle on the eastern edge of the WMA. The
Long Trail, the
Catamount Trail, and a
VAST snowmobile trail pass through Huntington Gap.
The spine of the
Green Mountains runs along the eastern edge of the WMA. The summit of Beane Mountain () is just outside the southern edge of the WMA. There are multiple points in the WMA above ; the highest such point is in the southeast corner. By comparison, the altitude drops to at the far western edge of the WMA.
The Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area is completely covered by forest, a mix of
northern hardwoods
The northern hardwood forest is a general type of North American forest ecosystem found over much of southeastern and south-central Canada, Ontario, and Quebec, extending south into the United States in northern New England, New York, and Pennsylv ...
(
sugar maple,
yellow birch,
American beech
''Fagus grandifolia'', the American beech or North American beech, is a species of beech tree native to the eastern United States and extreme southeast of Canada.
Description
''Fagus grandifolia'' is a large deciduous tree growing to tall, w ...
,
eastern hemlock),
red spruce,
balsam fir, and
mountain paper birch.
Baker's Brook flows through the southern portion of the WMA; the source of Jones Brook is located in the northern portion of the WMA.
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References
Protected areas of Chittenden County, Vermont
Protected areas of Washington County, Vermont
Huntington, Vermont
Buels Gore, Vermont
Fayston, Vermont
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