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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is a sightseeing stop in Woodstock, VT, part of the Vermont guide. Cost: free. Visitor center and ranger-led mansion tours May through October.

54 Elm St · Woodstock, VT

Why you should go…

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park tells the story of conservation in America through the people who lived on this Woodstock estate. George Perkins Marsh grew up here, Frederick Billings later remade the house as a Queen Anne mansion, and Laurance and Mary Rockefeller gave it to the nation in 1992. You can book a mansion tour or hike more than 20 miles of carriage roads and trails on Mount Tom, the oldest professionally managed forest in the country.

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