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Senior-Tradition-246 t1_j6i6rbx wrote

Reply to comment by Twombls in Where to spend summer in VT with 2500 to spend? by CapGrundle

says the person who went on a beer vacation to NY last year... so you can vacation how you want to but others cant? the dude wants to go camping for the summer.

"probably nowhere" lmfao

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Twombls t1_j6i8p5f wrote

Idgaf if he goes on vacation here. I just dont know of a place that is walkable to a community, has access to all these sports without a car that wont burn a hole through 2500 in 2 months

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Senior-Tradition-246 t1_j6idm5w wrote

I mean, they say they have a car, and they don't say they aren't willing to drive it anywhere once they park it at a campground...

Vermont is probably the only place in new england where you CAN do this... OP, there's a shit ton of National Forest camping up and down the state with everything you want to do out the back door.. you can stay at a campsite for up to 3 weeks (maybe 2? I think it's 3 though). Theres enough of them to enjoy one for 5 days at a time, go to town, and go look for another one (on a tuesday morning lol. they fill up...) There's also dispersed camping. There's also the Appalachian Trail, Long Trail, state parks (although reservations might be tough for those). Basecamp all along rt 100 from Waitsfield-Warren-Rochester stretch are probably the little basecamp type towns you're envisioning. Don't expect to chill on the sidewalk for 3 weeks in these towns, but perfect if you're basecamping in the national forest, but a couple times a week you want to go in for a coffee, groceries, a general store sandwhich, a farmers market.

If you're in-the-know with the borderline dirtbag lifestyle, 300$ a week will keep you loving this area for hikes, bikes, chilling and summer vibes.

"probably nowhere" for the rich new yorker who needs Vermont to bow down to them 3 meals a day. Probably everywhere for the crafty outdoors nomad.

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edit: you could even bike into warren/waitsfield from the nice little national forest camping road (#5 maybe) just south of warren by a little bridge and pullout on rt100.

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Twombls t1_j6ikfaj wrote

Thats fair. I didn't consider the route 100 side. When I do the national forest im usually camping along the LT and I access it from the west side. There really isnt anywhere near a town to boondok near a town except for some parcels near Ripton and breadloaf. But honestly I get really bad vibes from those places. Weird shit goes down there. And other than national forests everything in vt is slowly getting regulated due to popularity. Almost no dispursed camping. Only primitive with a 3 night limit on state land.

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