Camel's Hump, a 4,083-foot peak in Vermont’s Green Mountains, is among the state’s most recognizable landmarks because of its sharply isolated, double-humped profile, a shape reflected in earlier Abenaki, French, and English names and later adopted as a state symbol. Geologically, it is a notable roche moutonnée with bedrock of phyllite, quartzite, and schist, and its summit preserves one of Vermont’s rare alpine tundra communities. Protected beginning in 1905 and designated a National Natural Landmark in 1968, it has also figured in environmental research on acid rain. Today it remains a major hiking destination despite a history of logging, fire, and a 1944 bomber crash.

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Duxbury, Vermont · USA