Bed & Breakfast 6198 VT Rte 100 on the Missisquoi River in Troy, VT 05868 802-744-9991
MAC Center for the Arts 167 Main Street Newport Enjoy the artowrks, photography, crafts and VT products at this newly open Center. Check calendar for performances. Coffee Cafe. Thursday thru Saturday, 11-5 and Sunday 12-5. MemphremagogArtsCollaborative.com 
We are located on Historic Rte 100 which runs the length of Vermont. The following are all within a one hours drive from us. Locally, there are antique, various shops and general stores for you to browse. For Outdoor Activities, scroll down the page. 
 
Stowe Village and Shops
Steven Huneck's Dog Chapel  Visit the Stephen Huneck Dog mountain/Dog Chapel/Art Gallery - where dogs are always welcome! - visit their website at www.huneck.com
 Big Falls State Park and Schoolhouse Bridge River Road in Troy, VT Accessible from either Rte 100 in Troy or Rte 105 in North Troy The falls and bridge are approximately 2 miles apart. A few hundred yards before the falls themselves the Missisquoi River started to flow over and around many hard rocky outcropings. At the falls themselves, there is an obvious unmarked parking area. The falls poured over a ledge of hard rock in one small step and two big steps. Then the river immediately funneled into a narrow gorge. On one side of the gorge there was a huge, imposing block of rock that towered above the river. It is easy to climb up on top of that rock to get an overview of the entire area. Just a beautiful spot. Blueberry Ridge Blueberry Picking North Troy Pick your own blueberries in season July - September at Blueberry Ridge. 3382 River Road, North Troy - 802-988-4702 Dog Carting Eden Mountain Dogsledding Eden Mills 802-635-9070 Summer dogsledding is here! Visit a hidden Vermont Treasure in the hills of Eden. You'll learn skills used by an actual dog handler as you fit dogs into their harnesses, then hitch them onto their tug llines. Our professional mushers will guide you through pristine forests and across expansive meadows on aremarkable ride. Call for rates and tour schedule. Reservations necessary. 
Goodrich Memorial Library70 Main Street, Newport, VT 05855 Telephone: 802-334-7902 Now comletely restored to to it's former splendor, Newport’s impressive Goodrich Memorial Library, located on Main Street (US Route 5) and over-looking Lake Memphremagog, was the gift of Converse Goodhue Goodrich and his wife Almira. Architect William Storey designed the Renaissance Revival/Queen Anne building that was dedicated in 1899. It somewhat resembles Derby Line’s Haskell Free Library and Opera House completed five years later. In 1862, John M. Currier started the first circulating library in town. Membership cost $2 per share, but books could be donated in place of money. In 1884, the Newport Library Association was organized and 12 years later the Newport Town Library was established under the law of 1894. The two collections merged and were located in C.F. Ranney’s store until the move to the present library The inside is a showpiece with fireplaces of colored brick, oak furniture, Swanton marble, and woodwork of red birch, cypress, spruce, and Georgia pine. Stack space, reading rooms, and the librarian’s office are on the main floor, while the second floor has several rooms opening onto a large hallway featuring the D.W. Hildreth museum collection of birds and animals. There are art and trustees’ rooms, an assembly hall, and the Conversation Room whose name on the door has turn-of-the-century overtones. The Cowtown Elk Ranch The premier Elk Preserve of the Northeast. Rte 5, Derby Website: bigrackridge.com Derby Historical Society Museum Main Street, Derby, VT Mailing Address:P.O. Box 357, Derby, VT 05829 802-766-5324 The small, two-room museum is located in the former town office building on Main Street. There are archives from Derby Academy and material relating to the history of the town. Contact Person: Bill Gardyne, President, 802-766-5324, gardyne@together.net Hours and Admission: By appointment. Free. Not accessible to the disabled. Hitchcock Memorial Library and Museum Route 100, Westfield, VT Mailing Address: P.O. Box 148, Westfield, VT 05847 Telephone: 802-744-6621 This town library, built in 1899, also has exhibit rooms with 19th-century farm tools, furniture, costumes, linens, photographs, rock, butterfly and coral collections. Missisquoi Valley Historical Society Museum East Main Street, North Troy, VT 05859 Contact Person: Nancy Allen, President, 802-988-2397 Hours and Admission: Memorial Day through Labor Day, Sunday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm and By appointment. Free. The museum is housed in a mid-19th-century building that was first a blacksmith shop and then an Episcopal Church. Collections are of 19th-century textiles, costumes, household furnishings, farm tools, and photographs. 
Bread and Puppet MuseumRoute 122, Glover, VT Mailing Address: RD 2, Box 153, Glover, VT 05839 Telephone: 802-525-3031 Many hundreds of puppets and masks, ranging in size from miniature cut-outs to towering giants, arranged in groupings by size, colors, and themes, often reenacting past Bread and Puppet Theater productions, are housed on 2 floors of a 130-year old barn. Activities in July and Auguts include paper-mache workshops, woodcut printing, bread making, and outdoor performances in the summer on Sunday afternoon. Write to above address for more information after April 1. A variety of posters, books, and booklets are also available. 
The Haskell Free Library and Opera HouseDerby Line, Vermont The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located in Stanstead, Quebec Stanstead is a town in the Eastern Townships in south-eastern Quebec, Canada. It was founded by the Talpin family in 1796, who came from New England in search of good farming land. The town blossomed in the 19th century, due to the influx of United Empire Loyalists and the development of the granite industry. It was accidentally built on the border between Canada and the U.S.. The stage is located in Stanstead, but the library check-out and the opera seats are located in Derby Line. Because of this, the Haskell is sometimes called "the only library in America with no books" and "the only opera house in America with no stage". 
Montgomery Historical SocietyRte 118, Main Street, Montgomery, VT Contact Person: Charles Henderson, President, 802-326-4869 Hours and Admission: July and August, Weekends, noon – 4:00 pm and By appointment. Free. Accessible to the disabled. The society has renovated a former Episcopal church (built in 1835) to house its collections of photographs, albums, tools, and items of local interest. This beautiful structure was purchased in 1974 and renamed Pratt Hall. It provides the community with a graceful meeting place. We are proud of the schedule of events the hall hosts. Summer concerts, arts and crafts exhibits, lectures, plays and fund raising events. Our covered bridge restoration project is one of the many challenges faced by the Society. So enjoy their steadfast beauty, relish their charm and architectural design, and remember a time and era gone by. If you are interested in information, bookings or an historical tour please contact: Sally Newton at 802-326-4720 of Marijke Dollois at 802-326-4404. The Vermont Ski Museum 
At the intersections of Rte 100 and 108 in the 1818 Town Hall in Stowe.Open every day except Tuesday from 12 - 5 p.m. Suring the Summer months, Friday and Saturday until 8 p.m. Admission by donation. Old Stone House Museum & Brownington Historic District Open May 15th through October 15th General Admission - 5.00 County Residents - 4.00 Students - 2.00 Brownington was the home to two figures of national significance. Alexander Lucius Twilight, the first person of black ancestry to graduate from an American college, or to serve in a state legislature; and Samuel Read Hall, a pioneer in the field of teacher education. Both men were connected with the Orleans County Grammar School, which was established in Brownington in 1823 and was, for years, the only secondary school in the country. The Old Stone House is an impressive granite building, completed in 1836, and constructed as a dormitory by Alexander Twilight. Today it is a museum interpreting the unique and sometimes surpriding history of the region and its people. 
Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association The Pierce House, Water Street, P.O. Box 253, Barton, VT 05822 802-525-6251 or 802-525-3583 There are photographs and artifacts from Barton's industries and schools in an 1820s house. There is also a model of 200-year-old Barton Mill Hill, the "Brick Kingdom" factory site. Activities include summer exhibits. Contact: Avis Harper or Robin Tenny Information: mid-June to mid-Sept, Tues and Thurs, 2-4pm and by appointment. Free. 
Albany Historical Society,/font>Historic Albany Village School, VT Rte 14, Albany, VT Mailing Address: PO Box 317, Albany, VT 05820 802-755-6105 War Memorial, erected in front of the Old Village School, was made possible by the Society. Collections are being formed, includes some school furniture, town reports, pictures and artifacts, even a sleigh, from townspeople. Complete inventory of all burials in seven town cemeteries was completed in 2001. Contact Person: Paul Daniels, President, Daniels Farm Road, Irasburg, VT 05845, 802-755-6105, jkoliver@together.net Hours and Admission: By appointment. Glover Historical Society Municipal Building, Glover, VT Mailing Address: P.O. Box 208, Glover, Vt 05839 E-mail Address: gloverhistory@yahoo.com 802-525-8855 or 802-525-6227 (Town Clerk) The Society's museum is located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, the former "Leonard Homestead." School photos, Civil War, cellar holes, home photos (then and now), and cemetery lists are some of the items being archived. Genealogy data is being gathered also. Many publications are available for sale. Contact Person: Robert Clark, President, 802-525-8855 Hours and Admission: By appointment. No charge. * 
Memphremagog Historical Society of Newport, VTMuseum, Emory Hebard State Office Building, 100 Main Street, Newport, VT Goodrich Memorial Library, 200 Main Street, Newport, Vt Mailing Address: 200 Main Street, Newport, VT 05855 802-334-6195 The first floor lobby of the building displays a mural "Celebrating Confluence" by Robert Carsten which is a pictorial timeline of the eras, periods, and times of Newport from Precambrian period to the present. Our museum and showcases are on the second floor lobby and corridors. "Crossroads Before and Beyond", an Abenaki cultural timeline of the native American presence in the Memphremagog Basin is in one corridor. The other contains photographic panels of the history, growth and life of Newport City and the surrounding towns. Showcases as mentioned have changing exhibits. A Walking Tour with historical markers allows one to stroll through history along the Waterfront and Main Street. Contact Person: Ernestine Pepin, Secretary, 320 Mt Vernon Street, Newport, Vt 05855, 802-334-2813, erp@together.net Hours and Admission: Museum: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Outdoor Activities in Our Area Click on desired category Hiking - Golfing - Fishing - Boating - - Wildlife Watching - Wildlife Management Areas - Museums Hiking 
Jay Peak The highest mountain in northern Vermont is visible for miles around. The summit is reached by the aerial tram or the Long Trail. Jay Peak Resort opens its trails, about 5 to six miles, to summer hikers, and there are plenty of interesting rambles on this steep mountainside. Flora and fauna abound as well as being an excellent spot for bird-watching. The northernmost part of the Long Trail rises up Jay Peak and then North Jay Peak, before descending to the Canadian border, and makes several good day hikes. The Long Trail The Long Trail is the oldest long-distance tail in the U.S, having been built between 1910 and 1930 by the Green Mountain Club. It is known as Vermont's 'footpath in the wilderness.' and traverses 270miles. It ends at the north near the US/Canada border in Jay. The most popular ascent is from Route 242, 1.2 miles east of the entrance to the ski area; the round trip hike takes about 3 hours. It's a wonderful hiking experience. Hazens Notch Association Several Trails at the High Ponds Farm provide excellent hiking in the Hazen's Notch area of Montgomery. All are accessed from a parking area at the end of the Rossier Road, which is 2 miles east of Montgomery Center on Rte 58, the Hazen's Notch Road. The Beaver Ponds Trailleaves the parking area heading southerly and passes a beaver pond on the right. At 0.1 miles is the jct. with the Burnt Mountain Trail. The trail continues westerly to the jct. with the High Meadow Trail at 0.25 miles. Easy The Burnt Mountain Trail ascends moderately.It follows a restored woods road to its intersection with the Notch Trail and climbs further to Window Rock, a distance of 1 mile. here there are excellent views of Hazen's Notch and the Jay Mountains. The trail continues steeply over ledges to a gentle ridge and ends at the open rock summit which affords superb views in all directions. Total distance is 2 miles. 3 1/2 hours round trip. Strenuous. The High Meadow Trail follows a restored woods road gently uphill to the High Meadow.This beautiful meadow has sweeping views of the Jay Mountains and Burnt Mountain From its jct. with the High Meadow Trail, the Notch Trail traverses along the bas of Burnt Mountain for 0.25 miles to the intersection with the Burnt Mountain Trail 0.25 miles back to the parking area. 1 mile in length. Moderate. Note: These trails are on private property. Their use is limited. Observe rules for use which are posted at the trail head parking area information boards. Dogs must be on a short leash at all times. For more information, call the Hazen's Notch Association at 802-326-4789. Back to top of page Golfing There are many fine and interesting golf courses in the greater Jay Peak area. Below are brief descriptions of 2 within 20 minutes of the Riverbend. Click on 'More Information' following each for more detailed summaries of each course. Jay Peak Golf Course 
Designed by award winning architect Graham Cooke, The new Jay Peak Resort Golf and Country Club will feature breathtaking views of Jay Peak and the northern range of the Green Mountains, Majestic, mature trees, lush, bent-grass fairways and mildly undulating greens-all contrasted against impeccably unique landscaping, stone features, creeks and bunkers.
The course will feature 5 sets of tees at each hole that accommodate the novice and challenge the most accomplished players by adjusting the angle and length of the course from 5,000 yards to nearly 7,000. Built across 300 acres, Jay will become one of the largest and most enjoyable mountain courses in the state of Vermont. Play is expected to begin in spring of 2006. (9 holes) 
Orleans Country Club Rte 58 Just off I-91, east of town on Country Club Lane In operation since 1926. Its slope and rating are relatively modest. Wide fairways,countless tall pines throughout, light or no rough, nondescript bunkering and an occasional pond. A sound course that offers solid golf. Open to the Public. Reasonable prices Newport Country Club PO Box 434, Newport Call for directions - 802-485-4515 Originally designed in 1921, it occupies a high ridge and is often exposed to big breezes which can make for challenging playing conditions at times. Plays on the easy side by its general slopes and rating. Good course for cutting loose with long clubs. Overall appearance of manicured country club. Open to the public. Prices are relatively moderate. Call ahead for tee times. Tournaments and leagues can tie up tee times, so be sure to call first. Back to top of page Fishing Don't miss the "prime-time" opportunity to enjoy Vermont trout fishing during April and May. Vermont's traditionally good spring trout fishing is more exciting than ever thanks to changes in regulations and fish stocking procedures. Lake Memphremagog (pronounced Mem-fre-MAY-gog), a 30-mile international lake, is located in Newport, 10 miles from the Riverbend. If you’re fishing in the Northeast Kingdom, you’ll probably go for the trout streams and the big lakes like Willoughby and Memphremagog. A new asset is the recent and remarkable return of salmon to the Clyde River in Newport. A power dam that blocked the Clyde a mile north of town for 40 years has been removed, and the big Atlantic salmon now accompany brook trout in the river. Fall is the best time to catch the salmon migration out of the nearby lake. Keep up with changing regulations in the annual free book that you can pick up at local outfitter or by calling the Department of Fish and Wildlife at 802-241-3700. In late April or early May the trout leap up the falls in Orleans; if you’re in the area, it’s a great sight and a traditional start to the season. NEWPORT BOAT LAUNCHES Black River, one launch site. Clyde River, five launch sites. Lake Memphremagog, three launch sites. Smith Pond, one launch site. NORTHERN VERMONT FISHING AREAS BARTON Crystal Lake State Park, Barton, VT - Telephone: 802-525-6205 Visitors to this park will enjoy the fishing on Crystal Lake. Back to top of page Wildlife Watching The greater Jay Peak Area offers some wonderful sightings of wildlife. Of course, our favorite is the Moose. Known watching sites are Rte. 58 and Mine Road in Lowell, Balance Rock Road in Westfield, Rte 105 in North Troy and Rte 242 on the West side of Jay Pay Peak. Black bear can be see roaming the woods and fields along Balance Rock Road in Westfield, Rte 242 in Jay and Mine Road in Lowell. The best time is in the fall when the apples have fallen from the trees. Wild Turkeys can be seen in good numbers along the River Road in North Troy. Other species of Birds (even a bald eagle) can also be seen travelling along River Road and just north of the Big Falls area. Other bird watching spots are the Loop Road in Troy/Westfield and all along the Missisquoi River. Jay Peak is also an excellent spot for bird watching. Beavers can be seen frequently along the Missisquoi River which runs from Lowell to north Troy. SOUTH BAY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA Location: South Bay WMA is located in northeast Vermont in the towns of Coventry and Newport at the southern part of Lake Memphremagog. Habitat Features: This WMA is a large wetland complex and associated floodplain forest red maple and white cedar swamp along the Black River. There are also some upland acreages of old fields with intermixed apple orchards white pine and white cedar forest. Common Fish and Wildlife: Expect to find white-tailed deer black bear beaver otter mink muskrat raccoon snowshoe hare woodcock ruffed grouse black mallard and wood ducks rainbow smelt yellow perch chain pickerel largemouth bass rock bass brown bull walleye and rainbow trout. Other: Hunting fishing and trapping are allowed. NOTE: Public trapping in the Coventry Station area of South Bay Marsh is restricted due to deed restrictions. For other allowed uses refer to the Department=s Public Use Policy for WMA=s. Excellent birding opportunities exist for wetland species. WILD BRANCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA Location: Wild Branch WMA is located in north central Vermont in the town of Eden. Habitat Features: This WMA is almost completely forested with red and sugar maple yellow birch and beech. There are small areas of old fields with apple trees. The small streams on the area are not fishable. Beaver-created wetlands occur. Common Fish and Wildlife: Expect to find white-tailed deer black bear moose beaver bobcat ruffed grouse and woodcock. Other: Hunting and trapping are allowed. For other allowed uses refer to the Department=s Public Use Policy for WMA=s. This WMA has a common boundary with Atlas Timberland Partnership properties which are open to public hunting fishing and trapping. |