Pease Mountain
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Pease Mountain is located in the town of
Charlotte about 12 miles south of Burlington. In 1949, the University
acquired approximately 180 acres of the mountain, including the summit,
from the Pease family. Although hardly a mountain by Vermont standards,
at an elevation of 800 feet, Pease Mountain offers a breathtaking view of
most of Champlain Valley, the Adirondack Mountains to the west, and the Green
Mountains to the east--but only in winter, when its wooded summit sheds its
leaves. Mesic and dry hardwood forests dress much of the mountain,
but it is also lush with understory vegetation such as staghorn sumac, barberry,
honeysuckle, and blueberry.
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