Killington, Vermont is surrounded by the six peaks of Killington Mountain in the Green Mountain Range of Central Vermont. From these peaks, on a clear day you can see all of the New England states, as well as New York and Canada. Many of Vermont's best inns, hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes and condos are located in or near Killington. The Killington Mountain Resort is a year round vacation destination and tourism center surrounded by farmland and forests
Accommodations
Killington offers a nature oriented outdoors getaway with a variety of cabins, vacation homes, hotels, and resorts. Choose an accommodation near any of Killington's local attractions that offers comfort while making the most of the beautiful mountains and attractions at affordably priced rates.
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Activities
When the snow melts, the Bromley Mountain Ski Resort & Thrill Zone offers family fun and enjoyment with an Alpine slide, water rides and thrill rides. Built between 1910 and 1930, the Long Trail is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States. The Long Trail follows the main ridge of the Green Mountains from the Massachusetts line to the Canadian border as it crosses Vermont's highest peaks. The Quechee Gorge is a popular site-seeing spot in Vermont, with a mile long walking path leading to the picnic areas, as well as other walking paths. The nearby Norman Rockwell Museum chronologically displays more than 2500 of Rockwell’s magazine covers, advertisements and calendars.
Events
Each summer about 100 students gather at the Killington Music Festival from top institutions nationwide, to play chamber music and to teach students. Performances by the faculty and invited guest artists have made the festival a mainstay of summer culture. The Vermont State Fair in Rutland, VT is ten days of events in early September, including horse & cattle shows, a farm museum, exhibits, 4-H building, country & western shows, horse & oxen pulling, carnival, ethnic foods, rides, games and more. The Vermont International Reggae Music Festival is held in August in Rutland on a magnificent 500 acre farm with camping and a skateboard exhibition/competition. In the past, reggae festivals in Vermont have attracted 15,000 people.
Mountain Activities
The seven peaks of Killington Mountain are known as the largest ski resort in the northeastern U.S., but they do not have to be covered in snow to enjoy. While well known for the skiing and snowboarding, in the summer and fall they offer spectacular backgrounds for hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, camping, and fishing.
Golfing
The Killington area of Central Vermont offers outstanding golf courses and is perfect for the golfing enthusiast with 270 holes of great golf at the disposal of any golf enthusiast in the Killington area. Our Mountain golf courses feature Green Mountain National and the Killington golf course. The Valley golf courses, Neshobe and Proctor/Pittsford, are a half-hour drive through the scenic rolling hills of Vermont.
History
In the summer of 1609, Samuel de Champlain was the first European to discover the Green Mountains. It was in the year 1763 when Reverend Samuel Peters christened the State of Vermont from the top of Killington Peak, naming the state "Verde-Mont," French for Green Mountain, as he smashed a bottle of booze on the rocks. Following the Declaration of Independence, on January 17, 1777, Vermont declared itself an independent republic in a meeting held at Westminster, with the little republic minting its own coins and providing postal service until 1791 when Vermont was admitted to the union, the first state to join the original thirteen.
Originally chartered in 1761, the town of Killington has had several names since it was founded. The name it started with was Medway, which was changed to Parkerstown, then Mendon in 1827, and later renamed Sherburne. In 1999, the residents petitioned the legislature to change the town name to Killington. Early settlers raised sheep and cows, and built grain and lumber mills. The town reached a peak population in the mid 1800's at just under 600, and slowly started to decline until in 1960 the population reached a low of 266. The success of the Killington Ski resort has reversed this decline and the current population has climbed to about 1100.