Vermont Woodshop & Forest Tours:
The Vermont Forest Heritage Trail

When most folks think of Vermont, they think maple syrup and cheese, snow and winter sports. But, with its prized northern hardwoods, Vermont is also home to a host of woodcrafters and fine furniture makers who produce award-winning value added wood products.

The Vermont Forest Heritage Trail is a highway-based, regionally-themed itinerary and driving tour that unifies and connects diverse forest-product-related experiences for visitors and residents alike. Using publications and a website to guide guests, the Trail welcomes folks to visit showrooms and woodworking studios, tour factories and sawmills, or walk through working forests. It is expected that as a result of participating in this initiative, industry members will benefit from visitors personally experiencing how products are crafted and forests are managed. Visitors will become "ambassadors" for the industry who will spread the word about Vermont's value-added wood products. Take a tour of the wood manufacturer's factories and showrooms and see for yourself why "Made in Vermont" resonates in the minds and hearts of visitors.

Start planning your Heritage Trail Tour now - click here for map of locations or click on the links on the left.

The Vermont Forest Heritage Trail offers visitors an opportunity to see a wide variety of wood products being made, from the raw materials to the finished products, from fine furniture to hand-turned bowls, from custom cabinets to wooden toys and games.

Please click on the link to download the 3.77 MB PDF version of the 28- page, full color booklet. If you would like to request a copy of the guide please contact our office and we would be glad to send you one.

The Vermont Forest Heritage Trail is an initiative of the Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association, funded in part from a USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant and a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration managed by the Vermont Council on Rural Development.

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Last updated November 13, 2007