Location: Central Vermont / Sugarbush / Mad River Valley < Vermont < USA
Nearest Airport:
Burlington at 45
Miles
Nearest Train:
Randolph at 8
Miles
Car: recommended
Pond Village in Brookfield is from another time. Vermont, 1949. There are only about 80 full time inhabitants, and the main street is a dirt road (Brookfield’s citizens fought the state to keep it from being paved.) The center of the village is the somewhat famous Floating Bridge, a structure that sinks into the waters of Sunset Pond when a car crosses it. Day and night the bridge is a converging place for strollers, swimmers, fishers, bicyclists, and–tellingly–many year-round inhabitants of the area who drive over in the evenings just to get a taste of the “Old” Vermont. Ariels-- one of the best restaurants in New England-- is located next to the small town park at the east end of the bridge.
Brookfield is in Central Vermont and is very well situated. Montpelier is a 17 minute drive ; the ski and summer towns of Warren and Waitsfield are 35 minutes while Stowe and Hanover, NH (Dartmouth College) are around 45 minutes. Burlington, Vermont’s largest city is 55 minutes away.