Buying a Camp...!

Brown Hill Road is on Hillsboro Mountain in Starksboro, which is one of the beginning gateway mountains to the Green Mountain National Forest. This is the view of Sugarbush (Lincoln Mountain, Mount Abraham) from Hillsboro Mountain.

This is a photo of the Beers Atlas from 1879. The road going horizontal through the middle is called "Brown Hill Road" it is 4 1/2 miles long and it goes over Hillsboro Mountain. Danielle and I lived at the bottom of this road on the Huntington side before moving from Starksboro to Southern Vermont. It was an old road in the 1800's used to get to Starksboro from Huntington. Now it is a class 4 (unmaintained) road/town trail and it is the VAST snowmobile trail in the winter. It's an old mountain road that you need a truck to drive part way up and then near the top it turns into a hiking trail. This is also the road I asked Danielle to marry me on on Halloween 2006. We used to hike/snowmobile/mountain bike over the mountain and have picnics and spend a lot of time up there which is one of the reasons I was looking for a camp in this particular area. Plus, since it's close to Burlington, it should be easier to visit our friends up there. The Camp we bought is kinda near the letter D where it says "Dist No 15." It's a mile up in the middle of the woods, surrounded by forest, with tons of trails all around. It's only 30 mins to Burlington and 20 minutes to Mad River Glen Ski Area (the best ski area in Vermont).

Right near the 4 acres we have under contract is the remnants of a cool old mill. A brook forms the northern boundary of the property. There are lots of old cellar holes from the 1800's all over the mountain, and even 2 unmarked abandoned cemeteries. Lots of stone walls, old abandoned roads (that are now trails), and farm land from when people lived up in the hills before moving down to where the town center is now.