Bromley Mountain Photo by Lorianna Weathers Photography
LANDGROVE
This tiny town ( only 9.2 square miles , pop . 158 , alt . 1,407 ft .) has its charms , except in mud season , since the roads can get a little soft in early spring and there ’ s not a paved surface among them .
Second-home owners predominate , and horses graze in many summer pastures . Little traffic , no stores , cool temperatures , and access to culture and shops in nearby Peru , Londonderry , Weston , and Manchester make this town a strategic Vermont retreat .
In winter , Bromley , Stratton , Okemo , and Magic Mountain provide great downhill skiing , and Wild Wings in Peru has miles of groomed trails for cross country adventures .
However quiet the town may be , everyone turns out for the 4th of July cel ebration and the annual softball game between the “ hill ” and “ valley ” neigh borhoods ; it ’ s been going on since the late 40s .
The Landgrove Inn brings a series of distinguished art teachers to its lnView Center for the Arts every summer , and students come from all over the world to attend more than 30 intimate workshops in watercolors , portrait painting , oils , and digital photog raphy in a 30 x 50 post-and-beam studio surrounded by miles of dreamy landscapes .
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