VERMONT
WILDERNESS. History. Culture. Starting points: Castleton and
Rutland, Brattleboro, BELLOW FALLS, Windsor, White River Junction,
Randolph, Waterbury/Stowe, Burlington, ST. ALBANS and Claremont.
see map pages 8-9
WHAT’S NEAR THE STATION
WHAT’S NEW
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
(above) Spaceship of Dreams: A new
interactive public art project facilitates strangers
sharing dreams. (June 23–October 8, 2017)
Brattleboromuseum.org
From BRA Station: located at station
Pine Hill Park This 300-acre
park recently expanded its hiking and
biking trails from Rutland to Mt. Proctor.
Rutlandrec.com/pine-hill-park
From RUD Station: 1.2 miles car; 24 minute walk
River Roost Brewery One of eastern
Vermont’s first breweries, already winning
awards. Riverroostbrewery.com
Chaffee Art Center (above) Art exhibitions,
gallery and workshops in a Queen Anne
mansion. Chaffeeartcenter.org
From RUD Station: .5 miles car; 8 minute walk
Prohibition Pig Smoked Meat &
Libations Vermont’s largest array of craft
beers; classic cocktails; fine barbecue.
Prohibitionpig.com
From WAB Station: .6 miles car; 10 minute walk
Strange Dolls Studio Artist Beth
Robinson offers collectible, mixed-media,
Gothic-style dolls. Strangedolls.net
From ESX Station: .2 miles car; 5 minute walk
WHAT’S NOT TO MISS
Echo Leahy Center for
Lake Champlain Aquarium and science
center fostering stewardship of Lake Champlain
Basin. Echovermont.org
From ESX Station: 7 miles car
Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks
(above) See a Revolutionary War-era
maple sugar farm still family-owned and in
action. Morsefarm.com
From MPR Station: 5 miles car
Shelburne Farms A 1,400-acre working
farm and sustainability education center on
Lake Champlain’s shores. Shelburnefarms.org
From ESX Station: 13 miles car
From WRJ Station: .3 miles car; 5 minute walk
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LOCALLY MADE
After Connecticut colonist Thomas Danforth II founded a pewter shop, several generations of Danforths followed him into the
pewter trade. By the 1860s nearly every American household owned pewter dinnerware, and the Danforths prospered. But the
pewter industry collapsed after the Civil War, when glass and ceramic dinnerware became affordable, and the last Danforth
stopped working in pewter in 1873. In 1975, six generations later, Fred Danforth and his wife Judi opened Danforth Pewtery
in Middlebury, vowing to keep pewter alive. Their handmade, lead-free, fine pewter jewelry, food-safe dinnerware and home
goods have been collected by The Smithsonian and featured on The Discovery Channel. Danforthpewter.com
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COURTESY
Pine Hill Park