MONTPELIER, Vt. — Following a dry spring, parts of Vermont were pummeled by rain in June, giving a soggy start to the hiking and camping season.

Montpelier had the wettest June on record with 9.05 inches of precipitation, beating the old record of 8.36 inches set in 2013, according the National Weather Service. Mount Mansfield also had record rain last month with 15.54 inches, topping the 15.28 inches that fell in 1998.

Most other places in northern Vermont saw 7 to 8 inches of rain in June with the southern parts of the state getting less, the weather service said.

“Everything is wet. The trees are doing their bit, they’re pulling moisture out of the soil. It’s just we’ve had more water than the trees are processing right now,” said Dave Hardy, director of trail programs at the Green Mountain Club, which maintains the Long Trail.

He expects the trail to be wet for the next few days.

“All I can do is hope that this is going to gear us up for a beautiful July,” he said.

Visits to Vermont State Parks are down about 13 percent compared to this time last year, which was a 25-year record high, said Craig Whipple, director of state parks. Camping reservations are about even to 2014.

The weather hasn’t put a damper on summer camp at North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier, whose goal is connecting children to the natural world, said its education director Amy Butler.

“As long as the conditions were safe and there weren’t high winds or thunder and lightning, our kids were out jumping in puddles, exploring streams and brooks, looking at the flow of the river,” Butler said.

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