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Cultural events of many kinds can be found year-round and offer a variety of cultural activities:
•The Catamount Film & Art Center
•St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center
•Northern Vermont University
•St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Library & Art Gallery)
•The Haskell Free Library and Opera House
•Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
•The Old Stone House Museum
•Vermont Children's Theater
•Craftsbury Chamber Players
•Bread & Puppet Theater
•The St. Johnsbury Players
•Shores Museum
Farmers' Markets
Enjoy fresh produce, meats, baked goods and handmade items from local Vermont farmers, bakers and artisans! Listen to music, meet new people, and maybe even bring home a new recipe to try for supper.
In the winter, choose from alpine skiing at our local resort, offering a 2,000 foot vertical drop with exceptional trails and glades or cross-country skiing on picturesque trails that bring you through silent evergreen and birch forests, hardwood groves and across open meadows.
If power and speed are more your style then try snowmobiling across hundreds of miles of trails! Feel the awesome, raw power of a dogsled team racing across acres of open fields and forest wilderness as you learn how to mush!
Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom – the counties of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans – features some of the most beautiful landscapes and scenery in New England. From the southern border of the Kingdom, featuring Groton State Forest, to the northern stretches of the region, with Barton’s striking Crystal Lake State Park, there are many choices for recreation and camping in our beautiful corner of the state.
To get a sense of our unparalleled region, consider the following if you are considering an outdoor experience in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom:
•2,053 square miles comprise the Kingdom;
•1,313,710 acres of land;
•71,315 acres of public state forest lands and parks;
•1,632 acres of public federal forest lands and parks;
•5,855 acres of public town park lands;
•37,575 acres of public lakes and ponds;
•3,840 miles of public rivers and streams;
•50 public boat launches on the lakes in the Kingdom; and
•Thousands of miles of snowmobile trails, some of the finest snowmobiling in the East.
Vermont’s State Parks in the Northeast Kingdom offer a wide variety of camping experiences, including drive-in camp sites, lean-to’s, cabins, cottages, remote campsites, group camping areas and even an inn-style lodge, with all surrounded by the region’s beautiful mountains, lakes, forests and fields. It should be noted that all state parks open on Memorial Day Weekend and close for the season on Labor Day Weekend.
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