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Merck Forest & Farmland Center
Merck Forest & Farmland Center Review
This 3,100-acre farm and forest is a nonprofit educational center with 30 mi of nature trails for hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and horseback riding. You can visit the farm, which grows organic fruits and vegetables (and purchase them at the farm stand), and check out the pasture-raised horses, cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens. There are also remote cabins and tent sites for rental.
- Address: 3270 Rte. 315, Rupert, VT, 05768 | Map It
- Phone: 802/394-7836
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Daily, dawn--dusk
- Website: www.merckforest.org
- Location: Dorset
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