Accommodations

Vermont offers a nature oriented outdoors getaway with a variety of cabins, vacation homes, hotels, and resorts. Choose an accommodation near any of Vermont'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 and the rest of the Green Mountain ski resorts 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

Vermont's courses offer some of the finest settings and most exhilarating challenges in the country. You will find well-groomed, interesting and challenging golf courses in every region of Vermont, with fairway layouts that range from lakeside and mountain locations to sweeping valley scenery.

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.