Description: Located near Stowe, Vermont, Smuggler’s Notch State Park has really lived up to its name over the centuries. Situated between Mount Mansfield -- the highest peak of the Green Mountains -- and Spruce Peak, the notch was originally named for the smuggling it facilitated during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British smuggled Canadian goods through the conveniently cave-dotted notch. Later, the notch served as a thoroughfare for escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad, and later became a highway for bootleggers during the Prohibition era. Today, visitors can hike throughout the notch, try their hand at mountain climbing and even spelunk the plentiful caves, perhaps in search of 90-year old scotch.
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