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  • Welcome to Goshen: Blueberries, Trails + Nature
    Welcome to Goshen: Blueberries, Trails + Nature

    Spending time in Goshen often means being in nature, driving quiet dirt roads, and finding places named after blueberries, like the Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center. Goshen, in Addison County, has just 176 residents. But nature lovers from all over come here for cross-country skiing, hiking, and biking....

  • Try These Vermont Stick Season Gravel Rides
    Try These Vermont Stick Season Gravel Rides

    The period between fall foliage and the arrival of snow is known as stick season in Vermont. It's prime time for hunting season, frosty mornings, and 4 p.m. sunsets. Want to get outside? Vermont stick season gravel rides are a fun way to explore the...

  • Dirt Roads and Stone Walls in Tiny Baltimore
    Dirt Roads and Stone Walls in Tiny Baltimore

    Baltimore is one of those small Vermont towns that's easy to miss. You might spot a sign for it along Routes 10 or 106, and chances are you've never heard of Baltimore. Only 229 people live in town, and the only public building is a former...

  • Forest Service Roads in Vermont Worth the Drive
    Forest Service Roads in Vermont Worth the Drive

    Exploring U.S. Forest Service roads in Vermont is an easy way to discover out-of-the-way scenic drives, hiking trails and natural beauty. Forest Service roads in Vermont can be found across the Green Mountain National Forest, from Searsburg and Sunderland to Goshen and Granville. The national forest...

  • Rediscovering Forgotten Sculptures Along Vermont’s Highways
    Rediscovering Forgotten Sculptures Along Vermont’s Highways

    A collection of abstract sculptures created by internationally renowned artists more than 50 years ago stand along Vermont's highways. You just can't see most of them—at least not yet. Art conservator Bob Hannum of Barre is working to change that. He was hired by the State of...

  • Art, Nature and Beauty in Montgomery
    Art, Nature and Beauty in Montgomery

    Traveling east on Route 118 along the Trout River is a nostalgic scene with covered bridges, barns and mountain views. After a few bends in the road, a clear view of the Montgomery Center for the Arts unfolds. The Greek Revival building was empty the first...

  • Whimsy, Hiking and History in Wallingford
    Whimsy, Hiking and History in Wallingford

    Stacy Harshman needed a change. While living in New York, she Googled words like "nature, mountains and community." The search brought her to Vermont, where she eventually opened The Sparkle Barn. The Sparkle Barn is a wildly popular gift shop on Route 7 in Wallingford, complete with an...

  • An Outdoor Recreation Renaissance in Poultney
    An Outdoor Recreation Renaissance in Poultney

    Main Street in Poultney features everything you could hope for in a small Vermont town: a book shop, a local pub, a post office, a hardware store and a library. There's also James Johnson's bike shop, Analog Cycles, which sits on the corner of Main and...

  • The Best Vermont Towns to Visit This Fall
    The Best Vermont Towns to Visit This Fall

    Vermont's fall foliage season is all about scenic drives, apple picking, hiking and exploring small towns. You can’t go wrong wherever you are in Vermont this time of year. Here's a list of some of the best Vermont towns to visit this fall foliage season, and where...

  • Butterfly Watching in Vermont
    Butterfly Watching in Vermont

    Butterflies are a big part of Terri Armata's world. The Bennington resident, who moved to Vermont in the 1970s, has always loved exploring the outdoors. Two decades ago—somewhat on a whim—she volunteered for the Vermont Butterfly Atlas project to help document the status of butterflies in...