The Capital Region The nation’s smallest capital city, Montpelier, anchors a region where family farms and wooded uplands rub shoulders with urban environments built to human scale. The towns, villages, and two busy cities that flank the Winooski...
White River Valley Tumbling eastward out of the Green Mountains, the river that defines this compact corner of central Vermont was known to the native Abenaki as “Wôbatekw,” or “clear stream.” Renamed by European settlers as the White River, it is...
Upper Green Mountains Skyscraping icons of Vermont, the Upper Green Mountains are a majestic march of peaks that span from remote Belvidere Mountain in the north to the ski-trail-laced slopes farther south. Broken only by the Lamoille and Winooski...
Upper Connecticut River Valley Flowing south from the Northeast Kingdom, the Connecticut River bends at Newbury before winding through farms and forests past towns once shaped by this early “highway.” Along the way, the Upper Connecticut River Valley...
The Shires of Southwestern Vermont Set like a gem between the prongs of the Taconic and Green mountain ranges, The Shires of southwestern Vermont feel like two destinations in one. Sharing borders with both New York and Massachusetts has helped make...
Lower Connecticut River Valley From north to south, Vermont’s Lower Connecticut River Valley blends past and present. The journey begins in Windsor, where the Republic of Vermont was born on a stormy night in 1777. Farther south, Springfield and...
The Okemo Valley Visitors find it easy to get their bearings in the Okemo Valley, a small and tightly knit region in the Green Mountain foothills of south-central Vermont. Many make their first explorations here along the Scenic Route 100 Byway...
The Northwest Vermont Region Rolling hills and dairy farms define much of Vermont’s northwest corner, a sparsely settled land of open vistas that hugs the Canadian border. Spreading west toward Lake Champlain, it reaches from the Green Mountain...
The Greater Burlington Region Nicknamed “the Queen City,” Burlington couldn’t have asked for a better throne. With the northern Green Mountains to its back, it sits on a slope overlooking the widest part of magnificent Lake Champlain, with views of...
The Northeast Kingdom Region The Northeast Kingdom (NEK) attracts visitors with its mix of wide-open valleys and rugged mountains, winding dirt roads and placid glacial lakes. While fostering a free-thinking, do-it-yourself attitude, the NEK has led...
