Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park - Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Green Pastures and Green Mountains

Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes, under the shade of sugar maples and 400-year-old hemlocks, across covered bridges and alongside rambling stone walls. This is a landscape of loss, recovery, and conservation. This is a story of stewardship, of people taking care of places - sharing an enduring connection to land and a sense of hope for the future.

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Ken Burns’ new series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea (www.pbs.org/nationalparks/), premieres on Vermont Public Television (VPT) on Sunday, September 27. The story is as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Accompanying this series is a community engagement campaign intended to raise awareness and stewardship of Vermont’s public lands. This community campaign includes:
• Special Park Programs
• Local events calendar
• User-generated video and story sharing tool
• Online photo contest
• Expanded programming on VPT to highlight Vermont’s public lands

Two people, the man in a National Park Service uniform, plant a small tree in the ground.

Working Woodlands

The park's Working Woodlands programs are offered throughout the year. They highlight forest management, ecology, and conservation of New England forests. Check the Schedule of Events for upcoming offerings.

April 6 and 9: Invasive Insect Detection and Monitoring (doc - 28kb)
May 20: Forest Insects and Diseases (doc - 27kb)
June 17: Emerald Ash Borer Identification and Detection (doc - 46.5kb)
July 8: Identifying and Managing Invasive Plants (doc - 27kb)
July 22: Asian Longhorned Beetle Identification and Detection (doc -27kb)

The warm tones of interior wood paneling contrast with sunlit greenery glimpsed through windows. NPS Photo.

Park Celebrated 10th Year with New Green Building

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP celebrated its tenth anniversary in the summer of 2008 with the opening of a new building and a new permanent exhibit. The Forest Center, a classroom and meeting space, was constructed almost entirely with wood harvested from the park’s Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified Mount Tom forest.
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Detail from Albert Bierstadt's painting of Cathedral Rock in Yosemite, showing a close up of the large granite mass.

Online Art Exhibit

Explore America's story of conservation and land stewardship through an online exhibit of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller art collection. Included are paintings by America's most famous landscape artists including Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, and Edward Moran.
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Write to

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
54 Elm Street
Woodstock, VT 05091

E-mail Us

Phone

Headquarters
(802) 457-3368

Visitor Information
(802) 457-3368 ext. 22

Fax

(802) 457-3405

Climate

The park lies within a temperate zone and experiences four full seasons. Arrive prepared for a wide variety of weather conditions. Summer temperatures are usually in the 70s or low 80s during the day and upper 60s in the evening. Spring and fall days can range from the 50s to lower 70s, with evenings in the upper 40s to low 60s. Winter temperatures average in the 20s. Winter snowfall is moderate to heavy - making for outstanding cross-country skiing.
Click on the "more" link for a current weather forecast.
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