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Stowe is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.The population was 5,223 at the 2020 census. [4] The town lies on Vermont Routes 108 and 100.It is nicknamed "The Ski Capital of the East" and is home to Stowe Mountain Resort, a ski facility with terrain on Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, and Spruce Peak.
The town of Stowe was settled in the early 19th century, with the first building in what is now village center a tavern built in 1811. This area was better suited for both industry and the growth of a village than older settlements to the north and south, and it was recognized in the 1840s as the town center by the placement of the post office.
In 1866, the Stowe Free Library was founded with a donation of 51 books from visiting summer artists, supplemented by a $100 town appropriation. Stowe became the first town in Vermont to appropriate funds for a library under the 1865 state law.
The Moscow Village Historic District is located on the banks of the Little River in the southmost part of the Town of Stowe, Vermont. This unincorporated rural village includes properties north of the river on Moscow Road and Shaw Hill Road and properties south of the river on Adams Mill Road. The Town of Stowe was first settled in the 1790s.
Rank Resort name State Vertical (ft) Skiable acres Trails Lifts Notes 1: Killington: Vermont: 3,050: 1,509: 155: 21: Largest drop in New England, 26th largest drop in the United States
The Green Mountain Inn is located on Main Street (Vermont Route 100) in Stowe, Vermont, United States. Built in 1833, it stands near the intersection of Route 100 and Mountain Road ( Route 108 ). The main inn building, the former Depot buildings and Sanborn House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Stowe ...
Stowe Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the northeastern United States, near the town of Stowe in northern Vermont, comprising two separate mountains: Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak. The lift-served vertical drop of Mount Mansfield is 2,360 feet (719 m), the fifth largest in New England and the fourth largest in Vermont.
History of the Vermont National Guard, both Army and Air Force, and the military heritage of the State of Vermont and its veterans [73] Vermont Scale Museum: Weston: Windsor: Commodity: Located in the Vermont Country Store, collection of scales and measures [24] Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: Stowe: Lamoille: Sports: Vermont's skiing and ...