The new bedrock map of Vermont is a chronology of this state expressed in stone as old as 1.4 billion years, and it is an emerging tool for making informed decisions about everything from highways ...

Secret swimming holes, endless miles of hiking trails, and mind-boggling vistas await you in Vermont’s Green Mountains, not ...

Vermont state geologist Edward Hitchcock and a group of Amherst College students were on a mission. At 1 o’clock one morning in 1860, they boarded a train from Rutland to East Dorset.

Vermont Those early surveyors had to climb mountains, ford rivers and slog through swamps as they divided the land into 251 towns and then apportioned the towns into lots. But their maps and ...

Green Mountain Audubon Center is ranked #13 out of 15 things to do in Burlington, VT. See pictures and our review of Green Mountain Audubon Center.

Towns dotting Vermont’s mountain valleys are a major draw for the state’s tourism industry. But their topography is also a vulnerability in a changing climate.

Paddling on a lake in July 1609, Samuel de Champlain took time to look around. This was a new world, from his perspective, and he thought distinctive landmarks needed names. As an explorer and former ...