Mount Mansfield, Stowe, Vt. 



NO more delightful resort in the New England States, nor one of more 

 interesting and attractive features can be found than this, the 

 highest peak of the Green Mountain Range, towering as it does 

 4,4">7 feet above the level of the sea. 

 There are three routes by which you can reach the summit of Mt 

 Mansfield. One via Sfcowe on the east side, one via Underbill .on the west 

 side of the mountain and one via Jeffersonville. 



Round trip tickets at greatly reduced rates for sale at nearly all princi- 

 pal points for Stowe, which may be reached either by the Central Vermont 

 or St. Johnsbury A Lake Champlain railroads. If by the former, you will 

 leave it at Walerbury and take the electric cars for Stowe, passing through 

 some of the finest and grandest scenery in New England. If you go by the 

 St. .lohnsbury & Lake Champlain railroad, you will leave it at Morrisville, 

 Vt., station, eight miles from Stowe, or at Jeffersonville, thirteen miles, by 

 a new ami easy road through Smuggler's Notch from the foot of the moun- 

 tain on the east side. The Sr.. ,1. andL. C. road passes to and from Portland, 

 White Mountains, Morrisville, St. Johnsbury, Burlington and Ogdensburg. 

 Stages from Stowe connect with trains at Morrisville morning and afternoon. 

 Tourists having choice of routes, will have a better variety of views to and 

 from this charming region by taking one route to reach Stowe and another 

 on their return. 



Parties wishing to visit Stowe or the mountain from Morrisville by 

 private conveyance should communicate or apply to the large livery estab- 

 lishment of II. II. Hardy, Morrisville, or should they wish to remain over 

 at Morrisville, they will find the Hotel Randall a perfect hotel in every 

 respect. The Green Mountain Inn at Stowe, M. 0. Lovejoy proprietor, is a 

 place w here travelers can rest, assured of gelling the best of care and atten- 

 tion before making the ascent of the mountain. Visitors will find the 

 Melendy House at Jeffersonville a pleasant hotel, well kept by I. II. 

 Melendv. 



From Stowe to the Summit House 



is ten miles over a good carriage road and it is directly after leaving the 

 village that the finest view is had of old Mt. Mansfield in all its hoary 

 grandeur. The mountain appears of peculiar shape. By an exercise of the 

 imagination, the outline of its summits can be made to resemble the human 

 face, turned upward to the sky. The north peak resembles the Chin, the 

 noddle the Nose, and the southern the Forehead. The Chin, (he highest 

 summit, is 4,457 feet above the sea level, and is the highest of the whole 

 Green Mountain range. It is 3,909 feet above the village of Stowe and .",40 

 feet above the middle peak, or the Nose, which is !('.() feet above the 

 southern peak, the Forehead. 



Prom Underbill to the Summit of Mt. Mansfield 



is seven miles, and is by far the least expensive as well as the quickest way 

 of reaching the Summit, heaving the main line of the Central Vermont at 

 Essex Junction, a short ride on the Burlington and Lamoille railroad of 

 twelve miles brings the tourist to I'nderhill, where Mr. Lincoln, proprietor 



