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Vermont travel guide

Our route team has mapped 3 destinations in Vermont across 2 curated routes, adding up to 27 places to eat, see and do. The most common route styles are nature and quiet towns. Trips run 6–7 days.

Gold Brook Covered Bridge in Vermont, Vermont
Gold Brook Covered Bridge · Mfwills · CC BY 3.0
Destinations
3
Places
27
Curated routes
2
Trip lengths
6–7 days
Routes favor
Sep – Oct and Dec – Mar

Where our routes go in Vermont

Tap a dot to open that destination's guide.

StoweStoweVermontVermontWoodstockWoodstock
Dots show the 3 destinations from our curated routes, plotted by latitude and longitude. Not to scale for borders.

3 destinations in Vermont

Ordered by how many of our curated routes stop there, then by how many places we have picked.

Best of Vermont

Our curated picks by theme, drawn from the places our route editors chose for their routes.

Places worth planning around

A short sampler from the 27 places in Vermont, starting with those featured on the most of our routes.

Curated routes through Vermont

2 routes with at least one stop here. Some continue beyond Vermont.

Best time to visit Vermont

Of the 2 routes here with a recommended season, at least half point to Sep – Oct and Dec – Mar.

Climate averages (NASA POWER, 2001–2025) for 3 of our destinations here: July is the warmest month, with average highs near 77°F (25°C), and January the coolest at about 25°F (-4°C). June is the wettest, around 5.0 in (127 mm) of rain, and January the driest at about 2.5 in (63 mm).

NASA POWER is a gridded model (roughly 50 km cells), so coastal and mountain spots read as regional averages.

25°F-4°CJan2.5 in
28°F-2°CFeb2.6 in
37°F3°CMar2.9 in
51°F11°CApr3.5 in
65°F18°CMay4.1 in
73°F23°CJun5.0 in
77°F25°CJul4.5 in
76°F24°CAug4.2 in
70°F21°CSep3.6 in
56°F13°COct4.8 in
43°F6°CNov3.3 in
31°F0°CDec3.7 in
Average daily high in °F (°C below) and monthly rainfall in inches (bars), NASA POWER 2001–2025 averages across 3 destinations.

Weather by destination

Getting around Vermont

Legs between consecutive stops on our routes. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

Planning a trip to Vermont

How many days do you need for a trip to Vermont?

Our 2 curated routes with stops in Vermont run 6–7 days. Some of those routes also cover places outside Vermont, so a trip focused only here can be shorter.

What are the best places to visit in Vermont?

Going by how often our route team includes them, the most-featured destinations in Vermont are Stowe, Vermont and Woodstock. Stowe alone has 9 hand-picked places in our guides.

When is the best time to visit Vermont?

At least half of our routes here recommend Sep – Oct and Dec – Mar. NASA POWER averages put the warmest weather in July and the most rain in June.

Where can I find the best things to do in Vermont?

See our curated picks: top things to do in Vermont, chosen from 13 places in our curated routes.

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