Burlington
As you drive along Main Street toward downtown Burlington, it's easy to see why the city is so often called one of America's most livable small cities. Downtown is filled with hip restaurants and nightclubs...
(more)
The Craftsburys
The three villages of the Craftsburys—Craftsbury Common, Craftsbury, and East Craftsbury—are among Vermont's finest and oldest towns. Handsome white houses and barns, the requisite common...
(more)
East Burke
Once a sleepy village, East Burke is now the Northeast Kingdom's outdoor-activity hub. The Kingdom Trails attract thousands of mountain bikers in summer and fall. In winter, many trails are groomed for...
(more)
Greensboro
Tucked along the southern shore of Caspian Lake, Greensboro has been a summer resort for literati, academics, and old-money types for more than a century. Yet it exudes an unpretentious, genteel character...
(more)
Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville is just over Smugglers' Notch from Stowe but miles away in feel and attitude. In summer, you can drive over the notch road as it curves precipitously around boulders that have fallen from...
(more)
Lake Champlain Islands
Lake Champlain, which stretches more than 100 mi southward from the Canadian border, forms the northern part of the boundary between New York and Vermont. Within it is an elongated archipelago composed...
(more)
Lake Willoughby
The cliffs of Mt. Pisgah and Mt. Hor drop to the edge of Lake Willoughby on opposite shores, giving this beautiful, deep, glacially carved lake a striking resemblance to a Norwegian fjord. The trails to...
(more)
Montgomery/Jay
Montgomery is a small village near the Canadian border and Jay Peak ski resort. Amid the surrounding countryside are seven covered bridges....
(more)
Montpelier
With only about 8,000 residents, Montpelier is the country's smallest capital city. The well-preserved downtown bustles with state and city workers walking to meetings or down the street for coffee or...
(more)
Shelburne
A few miles south of Burlington, the Champlain Valley gives way to fertile farmland, affording stunning views of the rugged Adirondacks across the lake. In the middle of this farmland is the village of...
(more)
St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury, the southern gateway to the Northeast Kingdom, was chartered in 1786. But its identity was established after 1830, when Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale, a device that revolutionized...
(more)
Stowe
Long before skiing came to Stowe in the 1930s, the rolling hills and valleys beneath Vermont's highest peak, the 4,395-foot Mt. Mansfield, attracted summer tourists looking for a reprieve from city heat...
(more)
Vergennes
Vermont's oldest city, founded in 1788, is also the third oldest in New England. The downtown area is a compact district of Victorian homes and public buildings. Main Street slopes down to Otter Creek...
(more)