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Maintaining & Protecting Vermont's Long Trail Since 1910

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Green Mountain Club Visitor Center

Find us on Route 100 between Waterbury and Stowe! Map it.

Current hours

The Visitor Center is currently closed to in person visits. Call or email for hiking advice and local pickup options.

Contact us

4711 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
(802) 244-7037
[email protected]

We Offer:

  • Personal hiking information and advice from our Information Specialists at the Marvin B. Gameroff Hiker Center
  • An expanded line of maps, hiking books, and GMC gear and apparel
  • Gorgeous views of the Green Mountains
  • Educational programs and community events
  • A place to connect with fellow trail-lovers
  • A nature walk on the Short Trail on our expansive campus
  • A place to picnic and rejuvenate

A note on Lost and Found: Many personal items are lost and found on the Long Trail System each week. Unfortunately, our visitor center is not equipped to hold items or help you track them down. Your best bet is to reach out to the hiking community at large by posting on one of the active Facebook Groups (Long Trail Hiking — GMC Community, Hiking in Vermont, and/or the annual Long Trail Hikers “Class of” groups) or FarOut guides. 

Visitor Center

About the Visitor Center

Green Mountain Club’s Visitor Center, a beautiful timber-frame building made of local wood, displaying the best in renewable energy and energy efficiency, provides public picnic areas, a walking trail out the back door, and exhibits about the Long Trail and Club history.

General Hours

Hours subject to change. Call ahead to confirm.

Our Visitor Center staff are also available by phone or email, Monday-Friday, to answer your hiking questions and assist with online orders.  Please call (802) 244-7037 or email [email protected].

Directions

From Interstate 89, take Exit 10 (Waterbury/Stowe) and travel north towards Stowe on Route 100 for approximately four miles. A mile beyond the Cold Hollow Cider Mill, turn LEFT onto Cabin Lane (at the Evergreen Gardens sign). After 1/10 mile, bear right into the GMC parking lot.

If traveling south on Route 100 from Stowe, GMC is on the west (right) side of Route 100. Go approximately 1/8 of a mile past the GMC headquarters sign and turn right onto Cabin Lane (at the Evergreen Gardens sign). Bear right on the unpaved Cabin Lane. After 1/10 mile, bear right into the GMC parking lot.

A Community Effort

The list of people who contributed to the construction effort of GMC’s Visitor Center in 2009 is long. It begins with Jeff Schoellkopf, long-time chair of GMC’s Headquarters Planning Committee, who served as architect of record during construction. J.A. Morrissey was the general contractor; Doug White was Project Manager and Steve Elder was Superintendent. Vermont Housing and Conservation Board administered a federal Housing and Urban Development grant secured by Senator Patrick Leahy for the project. Pete Antos-Ketcham was GMC’s Facilities Manager during the construction. Erik and Laurel Tobiason were the lead timber-framing volunteers. Dozens of volunteers pitched in to help with timber-framing and barn-raising. John Connell led the Education Committee, which was responsible for the displays, expertly crafted by Sarah and Ted Montgomery and Dave Blumenthal. More than 700 people and local businesses contributed to the capital campaign which raised most of the funds necessary for the construction.

Architecture: A Green Building

The energy efficient design of the building features local sustainably-harvested wood (secured through Vermont Family Forests), energy-efficient lighting and natural daylighting, biomass gasification heating, solar energy from photovoltaics, composting toilets, and superb insulation. Efforts have resulted in the club now producing 100% of its energy use on-site.

Monthly donor spotlights

Giving Back to the Long Trail: Monthly Donor Spotlights

January 20, 2023

Vermont’s mountains are loved for many different reasons: formative youth experiences, core memories with family, camaraderie and friendships developed on trail, awe and appreciation for nature and its mental and physical benefits. To improve these experiences, GMC relies on the support of members … Read more

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Mission

The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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4711 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury Center, Vermont 05677
802.244.7037 | Email GMC

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