Moose
Long legs, a heavy overhanging muzzle, and an appetite for twigs and aquatic plants make the moose unmistakably built for northern country.
Vermont, United States: places and wildlife — page 2
Browse the published Explore collection for Vermont, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Black-capped Chickadee
Black cap, white cheeks, small bib, and a curious approach make this year-round northern songbird a foundational backyard identification.
Common Raven
Heavy bill, shaggy throat, and wedge-shaped tail separate the raven from crows as it works cliffs, tundra, forests, and towns.
Ruffed Grouse
Mottled bark-colored plumage, a dark tail band, and the male’s accelerating wing-drumming suit dense young forest better than open lawn.
Hermit Thrush
Spotted breast, plain face, and a reddish tail contrasting with a browner back identify the thrush behind one of Vermont’s clearest woodland songs.
Osprey
Dark eye stripe, kinked long wings, and reversible outer toes identify the fish specialist nesting beside Oregon waters.
Largemouth Bass
A jaw extending behind the eye, deep body, and dark side stripe separate largemouth bass from their smaller-mouthed relatives.
Bluegill
A deep compressed body, dark ear flap, and blue-green cheek identify a widespread sunfish that rewards close looking.
Northern Pike
Duckbill snout, rear-set fins, and pale bean-shaped spots identify the pike waiting almost motionless beside cover.
Monarch Butterfly
Orange wings with heavy black veins identify a migrant whose caterpillars can eat only milkweeds and whose journey outlasts any one summer adult.
Common Green Darner
Large size, bright green thorax, and a dark bull’s-eye on the forehead help identify a darner capable of continental movement.
Black Swallowtail
Paired rows of yellow spots and an orange-centered hindwing eye distinguish a butterfly whose striped caterpillar feeds on carrots’ wild relatives.
Say’s Firefly
A dark firefly with pale margins and an angular shield pattern, Say’s firefly turns summer dusk into species-specific communication.
Large-flowered Trillium
Three broad leaves, three white petals, and a flower held above a single whorl mark Ohio’s woodland wildflower.
Common Milkweed
Opposite broad leaves, milky sap, round pink flower clusters, and warty pods identify a plant central to monarch development.
Mountain Laurel
Glossy evergreen leaves and clustered pink-white cups patterned with ten pockets identify Connecticut’s state flower.
Northern Red Oak
Bristle-tipped leaf lobes, shallow-striped bark, and broad acorns distinguish New Jersey’s state tree from rounded-lobed white oaks.
Tulip Tree
Four-lobed leaves with a notched flat tip and green-orange tulip-like flowers identify one of eastern North America’s tallest hardwoods.
Eastern Hemlock
Flat short needles with pale undersides, tiny hanging cones, and drooping twig tips identify Pennsylvania’s state tree.
Red Maple
Red buds, flowers, leaf stalks, and paired winged seeds recur across the year on Rhode Island’s adaptable state tree.
Eastern White Pine
Long flexible needles grouped in fives, slender cones, and layered horizontal branches identify the eastern white pine.
Shelburne Museum
A 45-acre village of American art, design, transportation, and vernacular architecture
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain science becomes touchable on Burlington’s working waterfront
Bennington Museum
Southern Vermont art and history range from Grandma Moses to industrial design
Fleming Museum of Art
A university museum puts global art beside the history of collecting, with marble court and global collection shaping the visit
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
A Victorian cabinet of natural history now shares space with climate science and astronomy
Montshire Museum of Science
Hands-on science spills from galleries into a river-edge landscape, with science park and water exhibits shaping the visit
Vermont History Museum
A compact state museum builds Vermont from Abenaki homeland to civic debate
Billings Farm & Museum
A working dairy farm makes agricultural history present-tense, with dairy barn and 1890 farm house shaping the visit
American Precision Museum
Machine tools reveal how interchangeable manufacturing changed daily life
Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
Vermont winter culture is told through equipment, mountains, and people
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Contemporary art occupies a former rail station beside active tracks, with station galleries and trackside windows shaping the visit
Bread and Puppet Museum
Gigantic puppets preserve decades of radical public theater, with museum barn and giant figures shaping the visit
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Regional art unfolds across galleries, sculpture grounds, and mountain views
Birds of Vermont Museum
Hundreds of carved birds make field marks three-dimensional, with life-size carvings and viewing window shaping the visit
Museum of Everyday Life
One ordinary object at a time becomes strange enough to reconsider, with current object and handmade displays shaping the visit
Vermont Granite Museum
Stone, immigration, design, and dangerous labor meet in a former granite shed
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Lake Champlain history is reconstructed through vessels, archaeology, and water
Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village
A four-story granite dormitory anchors a village-scale history of the Northeast Kingdom
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
A public library conceals an intact nineteenth-century art gallery, with art gallery and bierstadt canvas shaping the visit
Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home
Robert Todd Lincoln’s Georgian Revival home connects presidential legacy, Pullman labor, farming, and landscape design
President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site
An unusually intact village preserves the world that formed Calvin Coolidge
Mount Independence State Historic Site
A vast Revolutionary fortification survives as archaeology beneath forest
Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site
Open fields and ridges preserve Vermont’s only Revolutionary War battle ground
Chimney Point State Historic Site
Lake Champlain narrows centuries of movement into one strategic crossing
Bennington Battle Monument
Vermont’s tallest structure marks a battle fought for supplies and momentum
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site
A rural birthplace site examines identity, ambition, and a disputed origin story
Senator Justin S. Morrill State Historic Site
A self-designed Gothic Revival home opens onto the politics of public education