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The Green Mountains are a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
. The range extends approximately 250 miles (400 km). The most notable mountains in the range include:

The Green Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
, a range that stretches from New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 in the north to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 in the south. . The Green Mountains have five peaks over 4,000 feet. Three of these (Mount Mansfield
Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont, USA. The mountain, near the town of Underhill, Vermont, peaks at above sea level.This mountain has the appearance of a human face when viewed from the east or west with distinct forehead, nose, lips, chin and an Adam's apple....
, Camel's Hump, and Mount Abraham) support alpine vegetation.






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The Green Mountains are a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
. The range extends approximately 250 miles (400 km). The most notable mountains in the range include:
  • Mount Mansfield
    Mount Mansfield

    Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont, USA. The mountain, near the town of Underhill, Vermont, peaks at above sea level.This mountain has the appearance of a human face when viewed from the east or west with distinct forehead, nose, lips, chin and an Adam's apple....
    , 4,393 feet (1,339 m), the highest point in Vermont
  • Killington Peak
    Killington Peak

    Killington Peak is the second highest summit in the Green Mountains and in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is located east of Rutland , Vermont in south-central Vermont....
    , 4,241 feet (1,292 m)
  • Mount Ellen, 4,084 feet
  • Camel's Hump, 4,083 feet
  • Mount Cleveland, 3,500 feet
  • Mount Roosevelt, 3,580 feet
  • Mount Wilson
    Mount Wilson (Vermont)

    Mount Wilson is a mountain located in Addison County, Vermont, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest.The mountain is part of the central Green Mountains....
    , 3,756 feet
  • Glastenbury Mountain
    Glastenbury Mountain

    Glastenbury Mountain is a mountain located in Bennington County, Vermont, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest.The mountain is part of the Green Mountains....
    , 3,748 feet (1,142 m)
  • Jay Peak
    Jay Peak (Vermont)

    Jay Peak is a mountain located about 5 mi. south of the United States-Canada border, in Westfield, Vermont, Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, of which it is the highest point....
    , 3858 ft (1,176 m) Receives the most amount of snowfall on average in the eastern United States


The Green Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
, a range that stretches from New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 in the north to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 in the south. . The Green Mountains have five peaks over 4,000 feet. Three of these (Mount Mansfield
Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont, USA. The mountain, near the town of Underhill, Vermont, peaks at above sea level.This mountain has the appearance of a human face when viewed from the east or west with distinct forehead, nose, lips, chin and an Adam's apple....
, Camel's Hump, and Mount Abraham) support alpine vegetation. Three of them (all except Camel's Hump) have downhill ski resorts on their slopes. All of the major peaks are traversed by the Long Trail
Long Trail

The Long Trail is a hiking trail located in Vermont, running the length of the state. It is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States, constructed between 1910 and 1930 by the Green Mountain Club....
, a wilderness hiking trail that runs from the southern to northern borders of the state and joins the Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine....
 for roughly 1/3 of its length. Vermont has five peaks over 4,000 feet.

While it is of note that several of the peaks have alpine vegetation (as pointed out above), it should also be pointed out that the Green Mountains, especially the northern sections, support a dense boreal forest between roughly 3,000-3,500ft and treeline. This forest is particularly well established in the Green Mountains and throughout the winter months weathers harsh temperatures, snowfall and winds that would destroy other species. In other words, much of the "green" in Green Mountains is due to this boreal forest.

The Vermont Republic
Vermont Republic

The term Vermont Republic has been used by 20th and 21st century writers to describe the period of the U.S. state of Vermont from July 1777, when delegates met and declared independence from jurisdictions and land claims of British colonies in New Hampshire and New York, until its admission to the United States in 1791 as the fourteenth s...
, also known less formally as the Green Mountain Republic, existed from 1777 to 1791, at which time Vermont became the 14th state.

Vermont not only takes its state nickname ("The Green Mountain State") from the mountains, it is named after them. The French Verts Monts is literally translated as Green Mountains. This name was suggested in 1777 by Dr. Thomas Young
Thomas Young (American revolutionary)

Dr. Thomas Young was an American radical during the American Revolutionary War who advocated for independence from Britain. He was a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence and a participant in the Boston Tea Party....
, an American revolutionary and Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against the Kingdom of Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea belonging to the British East India Company and dumped it into the Boston Harbor....
 participant. The University of Vermont
University of Vermont

The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as The University of Vermont, is a national public research university and the state of Vermont's land-grant university....
 and State Agricultural College, originally styled "the University of the Green Mountains," is referred to as UVM (after the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis).

Geology and physiography

The Green Mountains are a physiographic section
Physiographic regions of the world

The physiographic regions of the world are a means of defining the Earth's landforms into distinct regions based upon Nevin Fenneman's classic three-tiered approach of divisions, provinces and sections, in 1916, which although they date from the mid 1910s, are still considered basically valid, and were the basis for similar classifications of...
 of the larger New England province
New England province

The New England province is a Physiographic regions of the world of the larger Appalachian Mountains division of eastern North America. The province consists of the Seaboard Lowland section, New England Upland section, White Mountains , Green Mountains, and Taconic Mountains sections....
, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
 physiographic division.

See also

  • Green Mountain National Forest
    Green Mountain National Forest

    Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont.It is 396,219 acres of various types of forest supporting many species of wildlife....
  • Vegetation of New England
    Vegetation of New England and the Maritime Provinces

    This area is dominated by a forest ecoregion called the New England-Acadian forests which is a Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. This forest type is a transition between mixed northern hardwood forests on the Northeastern coastal forests and the boreal forests of the northern Maritimes....
  • Green Mountain Boys
    Green Mountain Boys

    The Green Mountain Boys were historically, the militia of the Vermont Republic. Today it is the informal name of the Vermont National Guard which comprises the Vermont Army and Air National Guard....
     - a paramilitary
    Paramilitary

    A paramilitary is a force whose function and organisation are similar to those of a professional military force, but which is not regarded as having the same status....
     infantry led by Ethan Allen
    Ethan Allen

    Ethan Allen was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla warfare leader who fought against the Province of New York's settlement of Vermont, and later for Vermont's independence during the American Revolutionary War....
     that took Fort Ticonderoga
    Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga is a large eighteenth-century fort built at a narrows at the south end of Lake Champlain where a short traverse gives access to the north end of Lake George in the state of New York....
     during the American Revolution
    American Revolution

    The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....