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800–4,393 ft · VT🚗 Directions
Green Mountain NF spanning central Vermont. Sugar maple-beech-birch northern hardwood forest. Famous for morels in old apple orchards scattered through the mountains — Vermont has extensive abandoned farmland reverting to forest. Champlain Valley on the west side warms earliest. Mt Mansfield (4,393 ft) is the high point. Season May-early June. Chanterelles in mixed hardwoods Jul-Aug. Black trumpet mushrooms in mossy beech groves.
Updated May 29, 4:13 AM MT
Precip 7d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.1.57"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Precip 14d
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Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forests
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3.46"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Soil Temp
53°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 58°F min, 2/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
soil temp marginal (53°F vs 55°F min, 3/7 days above), moisture marginal (today 0.13 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.