This quintessential New
England town is just 2 hours from Boston, 3 hours from western Connecticut,
& conveniently located between the ski resorts of Okemo, Ascutney,
Killington & Suicide Six. Only minutes from scenic Woodstock Green and
historic Windsor., fine dining, art galleries, Harpoon, Long Trail, & Black
River brewery tours, maple syrup & cheese-making, Simon Pearce, Vermont
Salvage, & antiquing are among the areas many attractions. But you'll also
find the world's longest wooden covered bridge, the birthplace of the Morgan
horse breed, VAST snowmobile network, 80-foot Cascade Falls, Ascutney State
Park hiking trails, a gorgeous Alpaca Farm in Brownsville, golfing at Crown
Point Country Club, hot-air ballooning in Quechee, horseback riding at the
Green Mountain Horse Association in South Woodstock, a wintry sleigh-ride in
Plymouth-Bridgewater, trout fishing in the Black River (the north branch of
which babbles behind our house), and moose-watching up at the wallow. In
addition to world-class skiing, beautiful autumn foliage, and gorgeous
summer vistas, our neighborhood is also home to the President Calvin
Coolidge Homestead, Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys, New England's
largest gorge, & the Billings-Marsh-Rockefeller Farm & Museum. We know
you'll enjoy your stay!
HIKING: The Appalachian
trail was originally conceived by the Massachusetts regional planner Benton
MacKaye. His dream was to create a wilderness trail which would provide
leisure and fitness for urbanites of the eastern US.
Numerous small trail clubs and volunteer groups were enlisted and work
continued throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Finally in 1937 the trail was
completed when the ridge between the Spaulding and Sugarloaf Mountains of
Maine was connected. Today the trail extends from Springer mountain in
Georgia to Katahdin in Maine.
The Long Trail
Spearheaded by the Green Mountain club, work on the Long Trail began in
1910. By the end of 1912 a path from Camel's Hump to Sterling Pond had been
cleared. Within ten years the GMC had cleared an impressive 209 miles of
trail, and contstructed 44 shelters. The final link of the trail was cleared
to Canada in 1930.
...VACATION LIVING IN VERMONT,
ANY WEEKEND YOU CHOOSE...
BOOK THIS LOVELY, PET-FRIENDLY ANTIQUE HOME FOR
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Things to do in
Central Vermont
There's so much to
do - even if it's nothing at all! You can tour a
working farm, see maple syrup and cheese made, watch a glass blowing
demonstration, or visit some local alpacas. In the winter
you can alpine & cross-country ski, snow tube, snow-shoe, ice skate
and go for evening sleigh rides. In summer &
autumn you can trail hike, fish, horseback ride, canoe, swim,
hot-air balloon, go for a glider ride, golf or bike some of the most
beautiful loops you'll ever see. Of course you
may just want to wander local artist's galleries, antique shop or
just go safari and explore the back roads haplessly. Wherever your
interests may take you, here are a few helpful links to get you
started.
Reading’s Indian Stones:
“...may be the oldest site marker in Vermont and perhaps the nation. These
stones commemorate the abduction of Susanna Johnson and her family by the
Abenaki Indians during the French and Indian War and the birth of Susanne’s
daughter, Captive, on the long trek across Vermont to Lake Champlain. Captive,
who was born here, was the great grandmother of Fredrick Billings, Vermont’s
much loved pioneer of environmental conservation. His home in Woodstock is
Vermont’s first, and so far only, national park.” (It was Fredrick Billings
for whom Billings, MT was named).
"Vermont is a
state I love. I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney,
Killington, Mansfield, and Equinox, without being moved in a way
that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the
light of day; here I received my bride, here my dead lie pillowed on
the loving breast of our eternal hills..."
President Calvin
Coolidge, 1928.
SKIERNEWS.COM
says: "With its new, mile-long high-speed detachable North Peak
Express quad to a new summit area, 95 percent snowmaking coverage
and 56 trails, ASCUTNEY is truly Vermont’s 'Mountain on the Rise.'"
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