Hubbardton Battlefield
Historic Site · Hubbardton, Vermont
Upland pasture and woods on a ridge in a remote corner of Rutland County, and the only place in Vermont where a Revolutionary War battle was fought. On 7 July 1777 the American rear guard, covering the retreat from Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, turned and made a stand here against British and German troops coming up behind them. The Crown forces held the field at the end of a hard morning and were badly enough mauled that they stopped chasing - which is the reason the retreating army survived, and part of the chain that ended at Saratoga. The ground has been farmed and left alone since, and it reads as a hillside with a view.
5696 Monument Hill Road, Hubbardton, Vermont, 05735, United States
⚠ SEASONAL AND NOT OPEN EVERY DAY: roughly 22 MAY TO 18 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, plus selected holidays, and closed entirely the rest of the year. ⚠ A MONDAY OR TUESDAY VISIT IN SEASON WILL FIND IT SHUT - this is the commonest way to waste the drive to this corner of Rutland County. A modest per-person Vermont state historic sites admission, cheaper for children with the youngest free and group rates from ten people; free parking. Phone 802-273-2282 in season. ⚠ REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENCAMPMENTS AND LIVING-HISTORY WEEKENDS run in JULY around the anniversary and are the best days of the year here. ⚠ START IN THE VISITOR CENTRE - the battlefield is undeveloped upland pasture and the diorama is what makes it readable. ⚠ THE POSTCODE 05735 IS CASTLETON'S WHILE THE SITE IS IN HUBBARDTON, which confuses satnavs; the approach is six miles east of VT Route 30 or seven miles north of Exit 5 off US-4.
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