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Exploring the covered bridges of Vermont

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Vermont has right around 100 covered bridges remaining. They date back to the 17 & 1800's and we actually have a few built since 2001. Find one that you like and Google the name for a location, or go over and check the blog articles and read abou...
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Covered Bridge art and locations

I've been photographing Vermont covered bridges for over 20 years. It's never been a driving force to hunt them out but it's more about exploring a new place and finding a new covered bridge to add to my collection (if I was hunting for them it would...

 
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The Willard Twin covered bridges in Hartland Vermont are only one of maybe two sets where both covered bridges are so close that you can see the other from inside the other one. You can get this as a framed print or canvas gallery wrap to hang on you...
Twin Covered Bridges with Twin Waterfalls by Jeff Folger
 
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Emily's Covered Bridge, also known as the Stowe Hollow Bridge, is a charming and historic wooden bridge located in Stowe, Vermont. Built in 1844, it crosses the Gold Brook and is well-known for its picturesque beauty, Covered Bridge Rd, Stowe, VT 056...
Haunted History and Autumn Beauty Emily's Covered Bridge by Jeff Folger
 
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Woodstock VT covered bridge also known as the Middle Bridge is a 139 foot long Town Lattice Truss. Most images of this bridge are during the daytime and in the fall. I was driving by during a mid October trip and I stopped to snap a picture of the co...
Woodstock VT covered bridge at night by Jeff Folger
 
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a picturesque fall scene in Montgomery, Vermont, featuring vibrant autumn foliage in shades of yellow, orange, and red surrounding the Fuller Covered Bridge. The bridge spans a quiet rural road, leading into a charming village with small white houses...
Vermont's Fall Charm: A Glimpse of Montgomery and Its Historic Bridge by Jeff Folger
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The Slaughterhouse Vermont covered bridge in autumn. The fall colors are just beginning to turn their orange and golds and this Vermont covered bridge has the added benefit of having a cascade of boulders just downstream of the Dog River. From here y...
Vermont covered bridge in autumn #1 by Jeff Folger
 
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I created this watercolor of the Cabot covered bridge. The hills were ablaze with the fall colors. The grasses had turned a golden color this early October day and the orange and yellow leaves framed the bridge down in the farmers field.
Digital Painting of the Old Covered Bridge by Jeff Folger
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Greenbanks Hollow was a small village in Danville Vermont. Built in the 1840s it was bought by Benjamin Greenbanks. by the 1870s this was the largest textile business in New England. You stand here today and see only the covered bridge (Renovated sev...
Greenbanks's Hollow covered bridge by Jeff Folger
 
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Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge in Northfield Vermont is a lovely sight in winter. Actually any covered bridge that is painted red is pretty in snow. The red stands out against the monochromatic white and grey
Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge in Northfield Vermont by Jeff Folger
 
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Come to Northfield Falls to see covered bridges in Autumn Colors. All their covered bridges are painted red which is a bonus anytime of the year. Especially in winter do these covered bridges look nice but in autumn as well. This is the Slaughterhous...
Northfield Falls Covered Bridge in Autumn Colors by Jeff Folger

Blog posts about Vermont Covered Bridges

I started photographing covered bridges in 2003 and as I found one and photographed it I started to keep track of a growing list. in 2011 I started writing about them in my blog (Jeff-Foliage.com) I hope they help you find them in your travels around...

 
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An article on finding, locating and photographing the Vermont Willard twin covered bridges
Exploring the Willard Twin Covered Bridges - New England Fall Foliage
 
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The Orne Covered Bridge and the Mount Orne Covered Bridge are two (different) covered bridges in Vermont that share a common name. Both bridges are located in rural areas, however, there are some key differences between the two bridges.
The Mount Orne Vs. the Orne Covered Bridges - New England Fall Foliage
 
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The Gifford covered bridge is one of my favorites in winter captures and I found it for the first time by accident. On our way home from Northern Vermont, We were forced to detour off of Vermont Route 89 after a “snow event” (read this as a blizzard)...
Snow-Covered Gifford Covered Bridge in Vermont - New England Fall Foliage
 
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Finding the Dummerston Covered Bridge One winter, Lisa and I were making our way across route nine from New Hampshire to Vermont, and just after we crossed the Connecticut River we came into Brattleboro and we saw signs for the town of Dummerston Ver...
Dummerston Covered Bridge and Exploring Vermont - New England Fall Foliage
 
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This Vermont scenic drive can be done in just a morning or an afternoon. You can drive into Montgomery and explore. I saw a postcard in a grocery store that was from one of the B&Bs with a row of Adirondack chairs lined up with a hill in the back... Phineas Swann Bed and Breakfast Inn, in town and take your time to really explore the area. Tell Darren I sent you!
Vermont Scenic Drive - Montgomery Covered Bridges - New England Fall Foliage
 
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Walter Bagley built the Lincoln Gap bridge in 1880. You may be confused when you search in Google because it comes up as the Warren Covered Bridge. Even I have trouble keeping them straight. But This is another covered bridge that has two (or more) n...
Warren Covered Bridge, Warren Vermont - New England Fall Foliage
 
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The property owner built this covered bridge and placed it over a pond fed by a natural spring on his land. But there was no functional reason for the bridge except to admire its beauty. You can walk all around it and not get your feet wet. Here is a...
A Covered Bridge in Cabot Vermont - New England Fall Foliage
 
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The 1st twistiest road is of course Smuggler’s Notch (Route 108). We took Route 17 for the first time only a while back, during a real slowdown in the fall colors. You may be saying, “What took you so long?” Well, Vermont may be small and I’ve been t...
Downer's Covered Bridge and A Twisty Vermont Route 17 - New England Fall Foliage
 
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Montgomery Vermont is home to six (or seven) covered bridges which are within six miles of Montgomery Center (see the map below). The reason I put a 7 in there is because there was or could be another covered bridge as well. I’ll talk about that at t...
Montgomery's Covered Bridges: Icons of Vermont's Rustic Beauty - New England Fall Foliage