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PARKS Mill Pond Park -- .2 acres Parks subsection links Parks Main Page  |  Parks Commission  |  Hubbard Park  |  North Branch Park  |  Mill Pond Park  |  Peace Park Mill Pond Park page links Description  |  Vegetation & Habitat  |  Hours & Regulations  |  Map  |  Contact Us Background The Mill Pond Park is the most recent addition to the Montpelier Parks system. As of Summer 2005, Mill Pond Park is nearly complete. Thanks to two weeks of help from an amazing Summer 2005 VT Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) crew, a week of work from Summer 2005's International Volunteers for Peace and a number of community volunteers, we planted numerous trees, riverbank plants and native flowers (including blueberries), worked on removing invasive species, put in a pathway, a set of steps, and a place for launching boats. Numerous people have already launched their boats from the park! Why call it Mill Pond Park? We are told that the dam down river was put in to create water power for a mill, and the dam subsequently created a pond behind it. Hence the name, “Mill Pond Park!” Partners in the creation of Mill Pond Park: Support for this project was generously provided by the VT Housing & Conservation Board, as well as the State of Vermont’s Land and Water Conservation Fund. Additional 2005 Volunteers: Jane Werly: a huge help planning and planting the Mill Pond park; Tino Obrien: Stone bench hero, key person in making the beautiful stone bench in the Mill Pond park; Tony Facos: diving help to clean up the river near the mill pond park; Staff from the Trust for Public Lands who volunteered half a day on the Mill Pond Park. Description Montpelier's Mill Pond Park is located on the east side of Elm Street (Route 12), approximately 1/4 mile north of the Elm Street Cemetery. The park has severla hundred feet of frontage on the North Branch River, and includes a boat launch, numerous wooden benches, and a beautiful set of stone steps that also serve as a river viewing bench. Vegetation & Habitat The Mill Pond Park is small, but it boasts several large Elm trees, and a small riparian plant community along the bank of the North Branch River.     Wooden benches Stone "steps" boat launch Hours & Regulations ...coming soon Maps The following map is available for downloading. It is in Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF). You can download a free copy of the Reader via this link: Adobe Reader. Mill Pond Park Location and Detail Map  - 8.5" x 11" -- (PDF, 97 KB) back to top Contact Us Geoff Beyer, Parks Director 39 Main Street, City Hall Montpelier, VT 05602 Tel: (802) 223-7335 E-mail: gbeyer@montpelier-vt.org Updated March 27, 2006

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