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A bedrock of history comes alive with color in Vermont’s Capital Region in the fall. Sampling America’s most awarded gin, taking in summit views of Cabot and Woodbury, browsing one of Vermont’s five recognized craft galleries, and more are great ways to enjoy the season.
Champlain Valley in the fall means paddling through blazing foliage colors on the Otter Creek, driving gap roads as colors come through, picking apples near Lake Champlain, and more. Here are the top 5 ways to enjoy fall in the region.
Sharing borders with both New York and Massachusetts has helped make this region an energetic crossroads of history, commerce, and culture, with Vermont’s largest town in harmony with natural beauty and small-town ease. This region was home to the presidential Lincoln family.
From the historic depths of Windsor, where Vermont first became a state, to the artsy, eclectic, and forward-thinking Brattleboro, this southern Vermont region echoes with revolutionary history and community-powered events and art.
Midway between southern Vermont’s biggest towns, Brattleboro and Bennington, lies the Deerfield Valley region, an oasis of woods and waters fringed by the Green Mountain National Forest and anchored by one of the state’s biggest mountains, Mount Snow.
The White River is a shining thread in this region’s diverse tapestry of attractions. From a “world’s fair” hosted by a town of only 1,300 to a bridge that literally floats, a visit to the White River Valley can hold as many delightful twists and turns as the river itself.
The Connecticut River flows through this region, from rich fishing grounds near Newbury to the historic site of Sen. Justin S. Morrill in Strafford. Discover America’s oldest flour company and baking school, a family-friendly science museum, and more.
With its off-the-beaten-track location, the Stone Valley is as much a discovery as a destination, home to the northeast’s largest ski destination, the largest lake entirely within the state’s borders, and stone quarrying history.
The Okemo Valley region is located along the Scenic Route 100 Byway, which winds through the valley on its 146-mile journey through some of Vermont’s prettiest landscapes. The region’s 11 towns offer presidential history, cheese- and cider-making events, and more.
The nation’s smallest capital city, Montpelier, anchors a region where family farms and wide-open spaces adjoin towns, villages, and two busy cities that are hubs for industry and government. From the golden dome of Montpelier to the dimension quarry in Barre, explore Vermont’s capital region.
