Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Historic Site · Woodstock, Vermont
Six hundred and forty-three acres above Woodstock that tell the story of American conservation through three owners of one hillside. George Perkins Marsh grew up here and watched Vermont strip itself of trees, then wrote the 1864 book that first argued human beings were wrecking the earth on purpose. Frederick Billings bought the ruined farm in 1869 and replanted the mountain. Laurance and Mary French Rockefeller gave the whole thing to the nation in 1992. In 2005 it became only the second federal land in the United States to be certified for sustainable forest management, which is the argument still being won.
54 Elm Street, Woodstock, Vermont, 05091, United States
⚠ THE GROUNDS ARE OPEN AND FREE AT ALL TIMES - over 600 acres of carriage roads and forest trails, Mount Tom and the Pogue, with no charge and no gate. THE MANSION IS SEEN ONLY ON A GUIDED TOUR, ONLY BETWEEN ROUGHLY MAY AND OCTOBER, and RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED because availability is limited. The visitor centre keeps seasonal hours and reduces in winter, when the grounds stay open for snowshoeing and skiing. ⚠ THE BILLINGS FARM & MUSEUM ACROSS VERMONT ROUTE 12 IS A SEPARATE ORGANISATION WITH A SEPARATE TICKET; a combined arrangement has existed at times, so ask rather than assume. Free parking at the visitor centre. Established 1992; this is the National Park Service unit in Vermont.
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