Rutland (Vermont)

Rutland is a city of 4,000 people in Vermont. It is a good starting point for exploring the Green Mountains, and is very close to several major ski areas.

Get in

By car

Route 4 runs East-West through town and Route 7 runs North-South. Business Route 4 runs along the southern edge of the downtown. Generally, it is a 4 hour drive from New York City, a 3 hour drive from Boston and a 4 hour drive from Montreal.

By bus

There is a Greyhound bus terminal at 102 West St, downtown.

By Train

The Amtrak station is at 25 Evelyn Place, also downtown, and is served by the Ethan Allen Express, a daily service to and from New York City.

By air

Continental Airlines runs a few flights daily from Boston Logan to Rutland airport (RUT).

Get around

Downtown Rutland is easily walkable, but to go anywhere else you'll either need a car or take public transit. There is a local bus service called The Bus. The Bus also runs to Killington for $2.

See

• Rutland Falls is a nice waterfall just west of town on Otter Creek. It is crossed by a gargantuan railroad bridge and littered with huge slabs of authentic Vermont marble. It is accessible from Old Falls Rd, opposite the junction between Rt 3 and Business Rt 4.
• The Vermont State Fair is held at the racetrack on South Main Street every September.

Do

• Pico Mountain, Phone: +1 802 422-3261, [1].

Eat

There is a wide range of eating options in the Rutland area.

• Hemingway's Restaurant is an excellent four-star restaurant just east of the Killington base road turnoff on Rt 4. Try the chocolate cake.

Contact

• The Rutland Herald is the major local paper. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001.

Get out

• Nearby Proctor, an old marble cutting town, is home to the Vermont Marble Exhibit. The town is pretty and also a little quirky because just about everything is made out of marble. Even the sidewalks.
• Killington, the largest ski resort in the Northeast, is only a 20 minute drive to the east. They offer skiing in the winter and various recreational activities (mountain biking, hiking) in the other months of the year.

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