Vermont Granite Quarry Tour

The tour is approximately 40 minutes in length and typically runs rain or shine.

Vermont granite quarry tour.

Guided quarry tour postponed until further notice the guided quarry tour takes you to an overlook of the smith quarry. The quarry tour is fun informative and short. In the 1920 s visitors began to come to tour the quarry and see how granite is sourced from here. Graniteville vermont tour the world s largest deep hole dimension granite quarry where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The museum is committed to providing engaging learning experiences for children teens and adults. If you are looking for a nice walk that will provide you with beautiful views of nearby historic quarries we recommend the grand lookout part of the millstone trails. Located in graniteville vermont this quarry has been in use since the late 1800 s. There s a museum and a video theater that tells the story of granite.

Easy to find no crowds and plenty of parking at the visitor center. Nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. At nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. The vermont granite museum welcomes camp school community and bus tour groups to the museum to discover the science of granite and the heritage of vermont s granite industry.

Nj s mercedes benz gravestone barre vt s cemetery sculptures. Be sure to see the cemetery a short distance away where the granite sculpture work is worth seeing. Most of the granite for america s headstones comes from this part of vermont. The rock of ages quarry covers 20 acres and is the source for many of the odd funerary monuments we ve visited among them.

Granite from the quarry has been used in a number of famous memorials and monuments and seeing the quarry up close is a unique experience.