Vermont

 

01/06/09

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QUADRANT LOCATOR: The quadrant indicators (in brackets after each location name) are provided to help locate an attraction. The quadrant is based on dividing the state into four quadrants with the apex running through the geographical center of the state. For some states with outlying geographic areas, this may present a distorted view but is the best way I can think of to determine this information.

NOTE: If price is shown: 0$ = free, $ = under $10, $$ = $10 to $30, $$$ = $30 and above

Addison [NW]
  • Chimney Point State Historic Site (8 mi W of Addison at junction of SR17 & SR125), Attraction: Late 1700s tavern with displays relating to regional history including the French & Indian heritage in Vermont, $
Arlington [SW]
  • Norman Rockwell Exhibit, Attraction: Features many local residents who served as models for Norman Rockwell's illustrations, $
Barre [NW]
  • Rock of Ages Granite Quarry (see Graniteville)
Barton [NE]
  • The Sugarmill Farm (Exit 25 off I-95), Attraction: Self-guiding tours of maple syrup-making facilities, 0$
Basin Harbor [NW]
  • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Attraction: History of Lake Champlain including a full-size replica of the Philadelphia II sunk in 1776, $$
Bellows Falls [SE]
  • Green Mountain Flyer, Attraction: Sightseeing tours aboard 1930s diesel train, $$
Bennington [SW]
  • Bennington Battle Monument (0.5 mi W of junction of SR9 & US7), Attraction: Lookout from top of 306-ft monument, historical exhibits, $
  • Bennington Museum (1 mi W of junction of SR7 & SR9), Attraction: Largest public collection of paintings by folk artist Grandma Moses, 5,000 glass pieces, 4,000 pottery pieces, military history, historical artifacts, $
  • Grandma Moses Gallery & Schoolhouse, Attraction: Grandma Moses began painting primitive works of farm scenes & rural landscapes at age 78 & painted over 1,000 works by age 101, $
Brattleboro [SW]
  • The Belle of Brattleboro (Exit 3 off I-91), Attraction: Flat-bottom wooden vessel provides scenic tour of Connecticut river, $$
  • Brattleboro Museum, Attraction: Changing history & art exhibits plus history of Estey Organ Co, $
Brookfield [NW]
  • Floating Bridge, Attraction: Originally built in 1820, reconstructed bridge provides interesting view of the lake, $
Brownington [NE]
  • Old Stone House Museum, Attraction: Early American furniture, decorative arts, rural antiques, $
Burlington [NW]
  • Ethan Allen Homestead (2 mi N on SR127), Attraction: Restored homestead that was once the home of Ethan Allen, $
  • Spirit of Ethan Allen III, Attraction: Narrated sightseeing cruises on Lake Champlain, $$
Cabot [NE]
  • Cabot Creamery, Attraction: Cheese factory tour, $
  • Goodrich's Maple Farm (on US2), Attraction: Tour highlights maple syrup production process from tree to table, 0$
Calais [NE]
  • Kent Museum, Attraction: Built as a tavern in 1837, restored as a museum with furnishings, toys, implements to portray 1800s lifestyle, $
Castleton [SW]
  • Hubbardton Battlefield State Park (7 mi N of Castleton on US4), Attraction: Site of only Revolutionary battle fought on Vermont soil, $
Charlotte [NW]
  • Vermont Wildflower Farm, Attraction: More than 250 wildflower varieties & herbs, $
Derby Line [NE]
  • Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Attraction: Built on U.S.-Canadian border with stage in Canada & audience in U.S., you can stand in the U.S. & Canada at the same time, $
East Jamaica [SW]
  • Hamilton Falls (Jamaica State Park off Rte30), Attraction: 125-ft falls
Grafton [SW]
  • Grafton Village Cheese Company, Attraction: Watch cheese made
  • Grafton Historic Museum
Graniteville [NW]
  • Rock of Ages Quarry (Exit 6 off I-89), Attraction: Guided tour of quarry shows the drilling, blasting, & removal of stone, $
Greensboro [NE]
  • Willey's General Store
Healdville [SW]
  • Crowley Cheese Factory, Attraction: Vermont's oldest cheese factory built in 1808, watch cheese made, 0$
Huntington [NW]
  • Birds of Vermont Museum (1 mi W of Huntington), Attraction: Life-size carvings & displays of birds & habitat, $
Jericho [SE]
  • Old Red Mill, Attraction: Milling museum, crafts
Lake Champlain Islands [NW]
  • Hyde Log Cabin (on US2 in Grand Isle), Attraction: Built in 1783, believed to be oldest log cabin in U.S., $
Middlebury [NW]
  • Danforth Pewter, Attraction: Handcrafted pewter jewelry & gifts
  • Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Attraction: Displays depicting 1800s Vermont life through period furnishings, kitchen utensils, toys, $
Montpelier [NW]
  • Bragg Farm Sugarhouse (5 mi E of Montpelier on Rte14N), Attraction: Traditional sugaring process
  • Morse Farm Sugarworks (2.5 mi N of Montpelier), Attraction: Learn about the sugaring process, samples, 0$
North Troy [NE]
  • Big Falls (off Hwy101), Attraction: Falls plunges into a 60-ft chasm
Orwell [SW]
  • Mount Independence State Historic Park (6 mi W of junction of SR22A & SR73), Attraction: Revolutionary War military fortifications, $
Pittsfield [SW]
  • Hancock Shaker Village, Attraction: An outdoor history museum of Shaker life on 1,200 acres in 20 original buildings and historic working farm and gardens preserve and interpret the life of America’s most successful communitarian society from 1783 to 1960
Pittsford [SW]
  • New England Maple Museum (N of Pittsford on US7), Attraction: History of sugaring process beginning with American Indians, in season watch maple sap boiled into syrup and made into candy, $
Plymouth Notch [SW]
  • Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Attraction: Memorabilia from Coolidge's presidency, farm implements, 1850s General Store, office of the 1924 summer White House, 1840 Union Christian Church, $
  • Plymouth Cheese Factory, Attraction: Renovated 1870 cheese factory
Proctor [SW]
  • Vermont Marble Museum , Attraction: Illustrates the origin, quarrying, & finishing of marble, $
  • Wilson Castle (3.5 mi S on Proctor Rd), Attraction: Built in 1867 with 19 arches, 32 rooms, 84 stained-glass windows, 13 fireplaces, cattle barns, stables, & carriage house, $
Quechee [SE]
  • Quechee Gorge, Attraction: 165-ft deep gorge, 0$
  • Vermont Toy & Train Museum (Rte 4), Attraction: 1,000 of toys, model trains, antique arcade games
Randolph [NW]
  • Porter Music Box Museum (20 mi W of Exit 4 on I-89 on Hwy66), Attraction: Factory tour of only U.S. manufacturer of large music boxes, $
Richmond [NW]
  • Old Round Church National Historic Landmark (Exit 11 on I-89), Attraction: 16-sided church built in 1812, 0$
Rockingham [SW]
  • The Old Rockingham Meeting House (2 mi NW on SR103 from junction I-91), Attraction: High pulpit & "pig-pen" style pews, $
  • Vermont Country Store (2.5 mi NW on SR103 from junction I-91), 1872 covered bridge, 1810 gristmill, waterwheel, 0$
Route 100

North-South route through center of state for best fall color

Rutland [SW]
  • Norman Rockwell Museum (2 mi E of junction of US7 & US4E), Attraction: More than 2,500 reproductions of Norman Rockwell's works, $
Shelburne [NW]
  • Shelburne Farms (1.5 mi W of Shelburne), Attraction: 1,400 acre working farm constructed in the 1880s, $
  • Shelburne Museum, Attraction: Known as New England's Smithsonian contains one of the best collections of Americana in 25 buildings with a general store, round barn, covered bridge, lighthouse, 33 other historic structures, a 3,000-piece miniature circus, a 518-ft miniature circus parade, $$
  • Vermont Teddy Bear Co, Attraction: Factory tour, $
St Albans [NW]

Site of northernmost episode of Civil War when Confederate troops "captured" the town in October 1864

  • St Albans Historical Museum, Attraction: Quilts, clothing, china glass, dolls, maps, $

St Johnsbury [NE]
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, Attraction: More than 4,500 mounted birds & mammals, art, antiques, $
  • Maple Grove Maple Museum (1 mi E of St Johnsbury on US2), Old Sugar House demonstrates the process of boiling down maple sap, $
Stowe [NW]
  • Stowe Auto Road (6 mi NW of Stowe off SR108), Attraction: 4.3-mi gravel road to the top of 4,395 ft Mount Mansfield, $$
Taftsville [SE]
  • Taftsville Country Store, Attraction: Established in 1840, sells anything and everything made in Vermont
Vergennes [NW]
  • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Attraction: Shipwrecks, antique boats, blacksmith shop, Revolutionary War gunboat replica, 0$
Waterbury [NW]
  • Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory Tours (1 mi N on SR100 from Exit 10 off I-89), Attraction: 30-minute tour of ice cream factory, $
Waterbury Center [NW]
  • Cold Hollow Cider Mill (3 mi N of Exit 10 off I-89 on SR100, Attraction: Watch cider made the old-fashioned way
Weston [SW]
  • Vermont Country Store, Attraction: Goods sold the old-fashioned way
Weybridge [NW]
  • UVM Morgan Horse Farm, Attraction: "Home of the Morgan" farm with rolling green pastures & woodlands
Wilmington [SW]
  • Adams Farm (3 mi N of Wilmington on SR100), Attraction: Working farm produces maple syrup, hand-spun woolens, & garden products, $
Windsor [SW]
  • American Precision Museum, Attraction: Exhibits related to the beginning of precision manufacturing of  mass-produced goods, $
Woodstock [SW]

Charming small town

  • Billings Farm & Museum (0.5 mi N of Woodstock on SR12), Attraction: One of the oldest working dairy farms in America, $
  • Sugarbush Farm (3 mi E of Woodstock on US4), Attraction: Maple Syrup & Cheese, 0$
 

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