Allis State Park in Vermont, USA - map and visitor information

Research checked: 2026-10-22. Check linked official notices before travel.

Allis State Park occupies Bear Hill in central Vermont, with a lookout tower, woodland paths and a seasonal campground. Choose a hilltop picnic or an overnight stay when the campground operates. Camping is currently closed for the season; confirm access before making an off-season trip.

A hilltop stop with a farming past

• Lookout tower: the former fire lookout provides a different perspective on the surrounding mountains.
• Bear Hill Nature Trail: interpretive stops explain the woodland and traces of former farmland.
• Camping choices: tent/RV sites and lean-tos offer different ways to stay during the operating season.

Plan around the operating season

Fees, hours, and seasonal access

Keep camping in its designated area

Camp only in designated sites. The picnic pavilion is not a camping shelter. Keep dogs leashed in the campground and remove pet waste. Bring out-of-state firewood only if it is packaged, labeled, heat-treated and certified by the USDA or a state agriculture department.

Reserve the right overnight option

Use the authorized Allis booking page for campsite or lean-to reservations. The booking window extends 11 months ahead. Stays reserved more than seven days before arrival normally require two nights; exceptions apply. Check the conditions for your chosen stay.

Reach Bear Hill from the gravel state road

The park address is 284 Allis State Park Road, Randolph, Vermont 05060. From VT 12, take VT 65 east for about 1.3 miles, then turn onto Allis State Park Road for the final half-mile uphill. This part of VT 65 is gravel.

The Bear Hill Nature Trail guide connects numbered stops with woodland features. Follow current signs on the ground and confirm gate access before an off-season walk.

Other parks for the onward drive

• Silver Lake State Park: a separate road stop in Barnard, at 20 State Park Beach Road.
• Quechee State Park: another regional option farther along the Upper Valley, reached from US 4. Check its own seasonal access before adding a stop.

Choose a tower visit or a woodland walk

Use the lookout tower when access is available, or follow the nature trail to compare meadow edges, old fields and mixed forest. Stone walls and planted apple trees help explain how the former farm became woodland.

A picnic can make a shorter visit than an overnight stay. Arrange group use of the log pavilion separately from a campsite booking.

Seasonal campground services

During operation, the campground provides drinking water, flush toilets and paid showers. RV sites have no hookups, although a sanitary dump station is listed. The pavilion has accessible restrooms; ask about the particular site and route you need before reserving.

About Allis State Park

From Bear Mountain Farm to a state park

The park opened in 1928 on property associated with Wallace Allis's Bear Mountain Farm. Civilian Conservation Corps work began in 1932 and added access roads, a picnic shelter and camping facilities. The surviving stone fireplaces and buildings connect a visit with that period.

Woodland food and shelter

The nature trail introduces birch, spruce, beech and other forest plants. Beechnuts feed animals such as deer, turkeys and squirrels. Look at the habitat without expecting a particular animal to appear.

Allis visitor information

Call 802-276-3175 for park information or 888-409-7579 for Vermont State Parks reservations. Use the official park page for notices before traveling.