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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Things To Do
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| Jim Westphalen | | The Carriage Barn also houses offices for park staff and other National Park Service programs. |
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Visit the Carriage Barn
Built in 1895 and rehabilitated in 1999, the Carriage Barn serves as the national park's visitor center. Features include:
- People Taking Care of Places, an exhibit on conservation history
- Visitor reading library
- Self-guided maps and activity brochures for those with limited time
- Bookstore
Visit with park rangers, schedule a tour, learn about hiking opportunities, or just relax and read a book! Open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Memorial Day weekend (late May) to October 31.
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| Graphic by Eastern National | | Take advantage of a ranger-led tour to see the inside of this 19th-century Queen Anne mansion. |
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Guided Mansion Tours
Ranger-guided tours of the historic Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion and gardens are offered daily, on the hour from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm, from Memorial Day weekend (late May) to October 31, 2006. Click here for fee and reservation information. This hour-long tour explores the history of conservation, the stewardship ethic of the Marsh, Billings, and Rockefeller families, and community-based conservation in a more modern context. In addition to original furnishings and personal items, the mansion displays works of art that include some of America's finest landscape paintings, highlighting the influence painting and photography had on the conservation movement.
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Special Programs
Special tours and events are held throughout the season. Click here for all schedule and fee information. Conservation through the Artist's Eye showcases paintings that tell the story of conservation history and land stewardship in America. On Causes and Consequences: The Civil War Home Front in Woodstock, Vermont, you'll see places associated with the Underground Railroad, abolition meetings, the town's free African-American community, and Woodstock's pivotal role in Vermont's war effort. Other tours include The Formal Garden and Beyond, A Walk with the Billings Women, and Hidden Spaces, Unique Places.
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| Nora Mitchell | | Stillness prevails at The Pogue, a mountain pond. |
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Take a Walk (or a Snowshoe) in the Woods
Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes, under the shade of sugar maples and 400-year-old hemlocks, along winding woodland carriage roads and trails. On the gentle slopes of Mount Tom you will find mountain pastures, a mysteriously-named pond, and spectacular views of nearby hills and valleys.
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| NPS Photo | | You're not alone! There are resources to help. |
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Working Woodlands Series
These free public programs, sponsored by Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, the US Forest Service, and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, provide landowners and resource professionals with useful tools and techniques for forest stewardship. For more information, please call 802-457-3368 ext 22.
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 Share the Experience Official Federal Recreation Lands PHOTO CONTEST more... | |  Visiting in the Fall? Join us for Forest Festival! Woodworking demonstrations, wagon rides, children's programs, and more. more... | |  Activities for Kids Spend time with a park ranger and explore the park! more... | |  Our Community See what our neighbors have to offer... more... | |
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Did You Know?
45 miles of carriage roads, an early 20th century gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., weave around the granite mountains and valleys of Acadia NP. 14 miles of carriage roads, built in the 1880s by Frederick Billings, traverse the gentle slopes and historic woodlands of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP.
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Last Updated: September 05, 2008 at 14:38 EST |