Rutland
Rutland is a city of about 17,000 people in Southern Vermont. It is the third largest city in the state. It is a good starting point for exploring the Green Mountains, and is very close to several major ski areas. The town has over one hundred houses on the National Register of Historic Places.
Get in
By car
Route 4 runs East-West through town and Route 7 runs North-South. Business Route 4 runs along the southern edge of the downtown. Generally, it is a 4-hour drive from New York City, a 3-hour drive from Boston and a 4-hour drive from Montreal.
By bus
There is a Greyhound bus terminal at 102 West St, downtown.
By train
The Amtrak station is at 25 Evelyn Place, also downtown, and is served by the Ethan Allen Express, a daily service to and from New York City.
By plane
Cape Air runs a few flights daily from Boston Logan aboard their Cessna propeller-driven airplanes to Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport (RUT) near Rutland. This is a very small airport somewhat distant from town, so be sure to arrange transportation ahead of time. It's about 2 hours by car to Burlington.
Get around
Downtown Rutland is easily walkable, but to go anywhere else you'll either need a car or take public transit. There is a local bus service called The Bus. The Bus also runs to Killington for $2.
See
- Rutland Falls. A nice waterfall just west of town on Otter Creek. It is crossed by a gargantuan railroad bridge and littered with huge slabs of authentic Vermont marble. It is accessible from Old Falls Rd, opposite the junction between Rt 3 and Business Rt 4.
- Vermont State Fair. Held at the racetrack on South Main Street every September.
Do
Buy
Eat
- Hemingway's Restaurant. An excellent four-star restaurant just east of the Killington base road turnoff on Rt 4. Try the chocolate cake.
- Little Harry's, 121 West St (off route 7). An unexpected gem; a warm and friendly restaurant with an imaginative menu.
Drink
Sleep
- Hampton Inn, Main St.
- Best Western, 5 Best Western Pl, ☏ +1 802-773-3200, toll-free: +1-866-229-6188, rutlandvtbw@gmail.com.
- Rodeway Inn Rutland, 138 North Main St, ☏ +1 802-775-2575. Comfortable, moderately priced accommodations, pet friendly lodging options, complimentary breakfast, discount vacation packages.
- Holiday Inn Springfield, 818 Charlestown Rd, toll-free: +1-866-230-7221, fax: +1 802 885-4595, hixpress@aol.com.
- Ramada Limited of Rutland, 253 South Main Street, Rt. 4 & Rt. 7.
Connect
- The Rutland Herald is the major local paper. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001.
Go next
- Nearby Proctor, an old marble cutting town, is home to the Vermont Marble Exhibit. The town is pretty and also a little quirky because just about everything is made out of marble. Even the sidewalks.
- Killington, the largest ski resort in the Northeast, is only a 20-minute drive to the east. They offer skiing in the winter and various recreational activities (mountain biking, hiking) in the other months of the year.
| Routes through Rutland |
| Troy ← Whitehall ← | W  E
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→ Killington → White River Junction |
| Burlington ← Middlebury ← | N  S
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→ Manchester → Pittsfield |