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Bridgewater |
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The village of Bridgewater
has everything you need to enjoy Vermont at its best and at
its most original. Bridgewater is in the heart of the Green
Mountains. The elevation is 820 feet obove sea level and
the population is 980.
Bridgewater Village was known for it
woolen mill in the days when sheep farming was dominant.
Today the mill is a small mall preserving the architecture of
the old mill. Inside you can find a antique mall, gift center, post office and the
Charlie Shackelton Furniture factory and showroom and
Miranda's Pottery |
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Woodstock ,Vermont
(www.woodstockvt.com) |
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A beautiful village with
wonderful houses of different architectural periods. The
village, galleries and shops invite people to stroll and
linger. The Billings Farm and the mansion Larry
Rockefeller gave to the National Park Service are wonderful
museums to visit or just to hike up Mt. Tom behind the
Rockefeller house. |
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Plymouth Notch |
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Birthplace of Calvin Coolidge
(www.calvin-coolidge.org).
The village of Plymouth Notch has been preserved thanks to
Calvin Coolidge's son John Coolidge. This lovely
pristine village includes the general store where Calvin's
father worked and the room behind the store where he was born.
Upstairs is the summer White House and across the street is
the house where he took the oath of office after President
Warren G. Harding died in 1923. Up the street is the
church he attended and the cheese factory owned by his father.
Other buildings are also open to the public. It is one
of the best museums in the USA dedicated to a president. |
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Killington |
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This famous ski resort (www.killington.com)
is also very popular in the summer for mountain biking, hiking
and other adventure sports on the mountain. Spectacular
views await you from the peak. |
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