Owls Head Municipal Forest
Owls Head Municipal Forest is a forest in Bennington, Vermont. Owls Head Municipal Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet South Dorset, as well as near Kent Neighborhood Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Aeolus and Manley-Lefevre House.
Mount Aeolus
Peak
Mount Aeolus is a mountain summit in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Mount Aeolus is one of the Taconic Mountains. It lies 1.5 miles west of the community of East Dorset.
Manley-Lefevre House
Heritage site
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The Manley-Lefevre House is a historic house at 1161 Dorset West Road in Dorset, Vermont. Built out of marble about 1820 and sympathetically enlarged 1908–1927, it is the centerpiece of a 100-acre farm estate that is now home to the Marble House Project, an arts organization offering residencies. Manley-Lefevre House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Owls Head Municipal Forest.
Dorset Playhouse
Theater building
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Dorset Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles west of Owls Head Municipal Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorset and Kent Neighborhood Historic District.
Dorset
Village
Dorset is the primary settlement and a census-designated place in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 360, out of 2,133 in the entire town. Dorset is situated 2 miles west of Owls Head Municipal Forest.
Kent Neighborhood Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Kent Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a little-altered early 19th-century rural neighborhood of Dorset, Vermont. Centered at the junction of Dorset West Road and Nichols Hill Road, the area is also historically significant as the site in 1775 of the first meetings that culminated in Vermont's period of independence prior to become the 14th United States state. Kent Neighborhood Historic District is situated 2½ miles west of Owls Head Municipal Forest.
Dorset
Hamlet
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. Dorset is situated 2½ miles east of Owls Head Municipal Forest.
Owls Head Municipal Forest
- Type: Forest
- Location: Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.24313° or 43° 14′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.05788° or 73° 3′ 28″ westElevation
2,467 feet (752 metres)Open location code
87M86WVR+7RGeoNames ID
5239571
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Notable Places Nearby
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