Jamaica State Park

Jamaica is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 174, compared to 1,005 in the entire town. The CDP is in northwestern Windham County, in the center of the town of Jamaica. It sits on the eastern side of the Green Mountains in the valley of Ball Mountain Brook where it joins the West River, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Connecticut River. Jamaica State Park is on the West River on the northern edge of the village. 1,755-foot (535 m) Ball Mountain rises to the north over the West River, while 2,093-foot (638 m) College Hill rises to the west. Vermont Routes 30 and 100 pass through the center of Jamaica together. Route 30 leads northwest over the Green Mountains 20 miles (32 km) to Manchester Center and southeast down the West River valley 26 miles (42 km) to Brattleboro, while Route 100 leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Londonderry and south 25 miles (40 km) to Wilmington.

Jamaica is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Jamaica, East Jamaica and Rawsonville. Its ZIP code is 05343. The town is home to Jamaica State Park, noted for scenic camping spots and various swimming holes, including Hamilton Falls. The nearest large town is Brattleboro.

Ball Mountain Dam (National ID # VT00001) is a dam in Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, in the southeastern part of the state. The earthen and gravel gravity dam was constructed between 1957 and 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 247 feet (75 m) and a length of 915 feet (279 m) at its crest. It impounds the West River of Vermont for flood control. The dam is owned and operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps identified safety and seepage problems with the dam in 2009, and has assigned it a Dam Safety Action Class rating of DSAC II, or "Urgent".The reservoir it creates, Ball Mountain Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 20 acres (8.1 ha), a maximum capacity of 52,450 acre-feet (65 million cubic meters), and a normal capacity of 240 acre⋅ft (300 thousand m3). Recreation includes fishing (for stocked Atlantic salmon, smallmouth bass, and trout), camping at 111 campsites in nearby Winhall and Jamaica, and activities at the adjacent Jamaica State Park. The river between Ball Mountain Lake and downstream Townshend Lake (also operated by the Army Corps of Engineers) is used for white water boating during releases from the Ball Mountain Dam, usually occurring during one weekend in April and one weekend in September.

The Winhall River is an 18.3-mile-long (29.5 km) tributary of the West River in Windham and Bennington counties, Vermont, in the United States. The Winhall River rises near the western boundary of the town of Stratton near the crest of the Green Mountains. The river flows north, forming the eastern boundary of the Lye Brook Wilderness of the Green Mountain National Forest. It is crossed by the Appalachian Trail along this section. The river then turns east, dropping out of the high ground of the Green Mountains and passing through the town of Winhall. The river flows through the northern corner of the town of Jamaica, then enters Londonderry, where it enters the West River in Ball Mountain Reservoir.

The South Windham Village Historic District encompasses a small rural village in southern Windham, Vermont. Located at the junction of Windham Hill and Chase Roads, it has been little altered since the late 19th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The West Townshend Stone Arch Bridge carries Round Hill Road across Tannery Brook in the village of West Townshend, Vermont. Built about 1910, it is one of the few surviving bridges of a group built by local mason James Otis Follett in the early 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Wardsboro is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wardsboro, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70, compared to 869 in the entire town. The CDP is in west-central Windham County on the eastern side of the Green Mountains, in the northern part of the town of Wardsboro. It sits in the valley of Wardsboro Brook, a northeast-flowing tributary of the West River and part of the Connecticut River watershed. Vermont Route 100 passes through the village, leading northeast 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Vermont Route 30 in East Jamaica and south 18 miles (29 km) to Vermont Route 9 in Wilmington.

West Townshend is an unincorporated village in Townshend, Vermont, United States. It is on the north side of a bend in the West River, upriver of the Townshend Dam. The entire village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the West Townshend Village Historic District. Its ZIP codes are 05359 and 05353.

Wardsboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 869 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Wardsboro, Wardsboro Center, West Wardsboro and South Wardsboro.

Windham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 449 at the 2020 census. The town center village is designated as the Windham Village Historic District.

The Windham Village Historic District is one of two historic districts in Windham, Vermont, encompassing the dispersed rural village near the town's geographic center. The area was principally developed in the early decades of the 19th century, and has had only modest alterations since then. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District encompasses a group of four stone arch bridges in southwestern Townshend, Vermont. All four bridges were built by James Otis Follett, a local self-taught mason, between 1894 and 1910, and represent the single greatest concentration of surviving bridges he built. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.