Jay State Forest covers 7,951 acres (32.18 km) in two tracts in Jay , Richford , Montgomery and Westfield in Franklin and Orleans counties in Vermont. The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.
5-509: The forest is divided into two tracts, Black Falls (3,764 acres (15.23 km)) and Big Jay (1,573 acres (6.37 km)), which features Jay Peak and Jay Peak Resort . Activities include hiking on the Long Trail and skiing at Jay Peak Resort. This article related to a protected area in Vermont is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jay Peak (Vermont) Jay Peak
10-574: Is a mountain located about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the Canada–US border , in Jay and Westfield , Orleans County , Vermont , of which it is the highest point. Most of the mountain is in Jay State Forest . The mountain is named for the town of Jay, Vermont, in which much of the mountain except the peak area itself is located. The town of Jay is in turn named for John Jay , the first Chief Justice of
15-612: The Gulf of Saint Lawrence . The south side of the mountain drains into Jay Brook, thence west into the Trout River and the Missisquoi River. The northwest side of the mountain drains into Black Falls Brook, and thence into the Trout River. The north and northeast sides of the mountain drain east into the Jay Branch of the Missisquoi River. Jay Peak is the northernmost major mountain crossed by
20-480: The Long Trail , a 272-mile (438-km) hiking trail running the length of Vermont. The Jay Peak Resort is on the mountain's northeast side. On November 10, 1943, a Royal Canadian Air Force training plane crashed into the west side of the mountain near the top during a blinding snowfall killing one crew member. In the mid-1950s brothers Ernest W. Gilpin and Wallace H. Gilpin , both state legislators and newspaper men, began and achieved their campaign to construct
25-578: The United States and a local landholder. Jay Peak is part of the northern Green Mountains . The mountain is flanked to the southwest by Big Jay , and to the north by North Jay Peak (3,438 ft / 1,048 m). The mountain is in the watershed of the Missisquoi River , which drains into Lake Champlain , thence into Canada 's Richelieu River , the Saint Lawrence River , and finally into
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