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Cold Hollow
Cider Mill
P.O. Box 420 Waterbury Center, VT 05677, (802) 244-8771, Toll free: (800) 3-APPLES,
(800) 327-7537, Fax:(802) 244-7212
E-mail: info@coldhollow.com
Website: http://www.coldhollow.com
A working apple cider mill which hosts 200,000 guests a year. Watch the apples
being pressed into cider. In addition the mill has its own specialty bakery. Although
apple delicacies dominate, a variety of taste-tempters are available. On Route
100, six miles north of Waterbury.
Ben &
Jerry's Ice Cream
Waterbury, VT
Main website: http://www.benjerry.com
Factory tour website: http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/about_us/tours/
Time Magazine termed it "the best ice cream in the world." Tours
of the ice cream factory are available. The factory is located three miles north
of Waterbury on Route 100. Multi-media slide show tells the story of the company.
Watch the process and sample the product. Children (of all ages) love to visit.
Camp Meade
Victory Museum
Website: http://www.campmeade.com
Located of I-89, Exit 9 in Middlesex, the musuem is a military history park featuring
many antique military vehicles ranging from a Horwitzer, Half-Track and Sabre
Jet. It is the site of the 1930's Civilian Conservation Corp Camp.
Mad River
Valley
Sugarbush Chamber of Commerce, General Waite House, Route 100, P.O. Box 173, Waitsfield,
VT 05673, (802) 496-3409
E-mail: info@madriver.com
Website: http://www.madriver.com
Central Vermont's Mad River Valley is home to two ski areas, Sugarbush Resort
and Mad River Glen, and a host of outdoor recreation opportunities, including
hiking, canoeing, and bicycling.
Rock of
Ages Quarry
Rock of Ages Visitors Center, P.O. Box 482, Barre, VT 05641, (802) 476-3119, Fax:
Attn.: Todd, (802) 476-3110
E-mail: visitor@barre.rockofages.com
Website: http://www.rockofages.com
Visitors Center website: http://www.rockofages.com/visitors/index.html
The world's largest granite quarry is located southeast of Barre. Sheer cliffs
descend 475 feet to quarry floor below. The Visitors Center describes the process
which transforms this gray stone into beautiful monuments and sculpture which
endures for centuries. The Visitors Center is open May 1-October 31 (closed July
4), Monday-Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Special Fall
hours, Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.
Hope Cemetery
Websites: http://www.central-vt.com/web/hope,
http://www.uncommondays.com/states/vt/places/hopecemetery.htm
A veritable outdoor museum of fine granite carvings in Barre. Local cemeteries
are the final resting place for family and friends of the world's most skilled
granite artisans.
Central
Vermont Points of Interest
Website: http://www.central-vt.com/visit/tourmap/index.html
Some primary points of interest in the Central Vermont area. Visitors can enjoy
them all.
Updated March 25, 2004 |
