Reviews of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (Tourist Attraction)

Gene Woodward

Great

Emily Merrill

Beautiful, kind volunteers, a must see in Vermont!

Janet Sparks

Loved the history and story of the great men and woman eho had the foresight to lobby and establish our National Parks for all generations and cultutes to bisit and learn. Nothing beats petting baby calves ...soooo cute! :)

Larry Defrank

Too pricey to view museum

Keith Warren

Very nice park, a pain to get to and walking up hill to get to the Visitors center

Dick Harris

A great historical place, pretending it's not. Please go and find out all it has to offer.

Irene Pierpont

Beautiful hike in Vermont today. The colors are really coming out.

Tim Stafford

Beautiful place with excellent history

Rick Behun

The inside of the Rockefeller house is the way it was last left, even reading glasses on a table on a magazine. I love the Hudson River School painting hanging on the staircase wall ... So natural a setting, yet worth $$$$.

Bill Moffitt

What a beautiful and interesting place!

Coach Kip

A great place to enjoy 3 conservationists fruits of labor. Hike Mount Tom and enjoy the view of Woodstock and the surrounding mountains.

Diane Barrington

Put this on your list when in the Woodstock area. So many animals and incredibly friendly people.

Lee Ann Torres

Beautiful gardens and hiking trails. So peaceful and serene.

NM Patton

Would liked to have time to explore the forest.

Kathleen Willis

One amazing park in a great small New England town. This National Historic Park has something for everyone— great historical tours, summer camp programs and more. Pictures below from the Mountains and Rivers camp program.

Stephen McNally

Cows there are cows everywhere

samira furlan

Beautiful grounds!

Tom Harden

A beautiful setting and the video was good, but it is confusing when you have a national park and a separate attraction colocated.

Jon Brown

Enjoyed our visit to the farm. Learned a lot about the Rockefeller family.

Meredith Schneider

The farm is a great place for kids..dont forget to get icecream . During Summer

Denise Carriera

Wonderful place and educational.

Diem Pham

Very good

David Minoli

Lovely place! Great views and abundant parking

Christopher Adams

30 miles of trails, a beatiful lake to walk around, and a great view of Woodstock from the top of Mt. Tom. A great place to hike, even though there are often a few other hikers around (and the odd pile of horse manure).

Bryce Caster

Vermont's only National Park Service Unit is a real beauty. It contains the home of three influential men and much of the forest that they have preserved. If you're looking for a beautiful hike, walk to the Pogue from the Visitor Center.

Ryan Warren

Easy hiking up Mountain Road to the Mt Tom summit, with more challenging trails branching off. Beautiful views along the way and at the summit. Mountain Road is your best bet if you are with a dog, and Precipice trail might be a little be a challenge with your pooch in tow. Highly recommend.

Eric Allan

Great educational spot, especially to teach kids about the importance of conservation. NPS has a small interpretive center with the history of the farm. There are guided tours of the grounds and house, or you can wander outside unguided. The working farm across the street is a little spendy, so we opted not to go in.

Brian Eller

Beautiful, peaceful.

Antonio

Unbelievable

Erik K

Amazing history, beautiful trails. Definitely a great place to spend an afternoon.

Mark Spangler

Fantastic place

Will Landis

Beautiful park with hiking and carriage trails. Variety of easy moderate and difficult terrain.

Bill Kennedy

Fun place for the entire family.

Daniel Kadyrov

Beautiful preservation of historic home and land.

Kirsten Mertens

Gorgeous estate and fantastic tour by the National Parks.

Denis Walker

I don't move all to well anymore and wasn't up to the 3 mile round trip to Pogue Pond so I had to turn back. Definitely beautiful but not good for me.

Bill Holden

Parking is across the street.

Diane Reed

This location has something for every age and activity level.

David Purkis

This place had potential. But... the house was closed for tours when we got there... but we still had to pay full price (which at $16 US was a bit much). The staff was mostly nice... The animals were adorable and awesome. And the cheese was legit delicious. But, it was pricey. Too pricey. The town of Woodstock was beautiful though. Definitely worth a visit.

Travis Hellstrom

Great park with wonderful trails. Check out the Nordic Ski cabin, it's my favorite!

Ruth Kitzmiller

Fun and historical site! Great for kids!

Charles Lindsay

The tour was wonderful and interesting!

Monica Solis

Looked like a nice place to tour and will be back when it's warmer. Military discount should be a little better. Nice gift shop as well.

brett ricker

Amazing national Park

Stephen Burch

Wonderful place to take the family on hikes. The trails are well groomed.

Toni Marroy

So nice to walk through this farm. We went in Dec. It was snowing ,how much fun!

Billy BANANA

Awesome, saw a bear!

Deanne Peters

Great hike to Mt. Tom

Yoni Shtern

Lovely educational park

Erin Moore

Fascinating story - be sure to watch the intro movie at the visitor center.

William Doherty

A gem

Justin Evert

A fascinating site focused on the power of historical preservation.

larry schiff

Great tour. Highly recommend

Joe Netto

Great venue.See the film first before the tour. This site is the birth of environmental conservation in America.

Dennis Loudon

Beautiful grounds. Excellent network of carriage roads & trails for waking. Also connects to more extensive trail system outside park. Interesting history connected to Rockefeller family.

Foe Hammer

Great place to stretch the legs and learn about the history of the area. Gift shop and artisan cheeses, need I say more?

Winna Heilman

Beautiful mansion of the Rockefellers. They helped preserve the area and being back the forested mountains.

Todd Gardner

Excellent and informative videos. Really nice grounds to Turin walk around. Awesome to be in a home where 3 conservationists have lived.

Theresa Estrada

Wonderful place to bring the family and see farming up close! This is our happy place!

Kelly Sears

Beautiful area and so serene. Woodstock is a perfect example of a scenic New England small town. Picture opts galore.

Michele Gagnon

Very pretty

Muriel Rand

There is a cute farm here and a very nice farm museum. We could not get a tour of the house since it was already full for the day which was very disappointing.

Stephen Klepner

A perfect place to spend a day hiking or visiting a Vermont farm. Pet some cows or meet a horse this place is amazing for families.

Liz Hollinshead

Hiked up Mt. Tom, a beautiful hike, saw bears

Emily Wolff

Beautiful!!!!! The farm staff is amazing, the care that the animals is incredible! But the actual staff at the National Park part are not so friendly. The hike though is incredible. If you go, go to the farm, go on the hike, but stay far from the National Park Gift Shop.

Alicia Murphy

Amazing!!!!

The Edge Quincy Ma

Went there at 420pm and was turned away. told the last tour was at 4 even though the say they close at 5. Asked if we could jump into the tour already in progress " no it almost finished". Then why can't you do another tour if they are 30 mins long. It says nothing on the website about last tour just that they close at 5pm.

Alexandra Tarasov

Great place to visit with kids.

Donna from me

We came across this place as we were driving by. We didn't have time to see everything. The museum inside is much bigger than you would think. Great place for a rainy afternoon. There are other buildings that we didn't see and of course the farm animals outside.

IA LS

Huge park, great for family.

theresa yurko

My family really enjoyed it ...really interesting..and cute farm animals too

Darrell Smith

The view of the July 4th fireworks display from the south peak of Mt Tom is outstanding. The walk up the Mountain Road is just over 2 miles and an easy grade. A lot of nice hiking trails here.

Bradford Manton II

Needs more for children!!

Chris Northrop

Well run NPS unit. Toured the home with a guide. Lots of walking trails.

Jeremy Graves

Learned a lot about the conservation that the families who lived here wanted for the area

Bruce Johnsen

Nice historic Rockefeller house tour. Good hiking on hillside carriage trails through the woods.

Patrick Killoran

I live a few miles from MBRNHP, and I'm thrilled to have this gem in my community. The farm museum and grounds are beautiful and provide endless educational opportunities, but for me the real draw is the beautiful network of carriage roads and trails. I push a doublewide running stroller on the carriage roads almost every day from spring to fall with my young kids, and I'm grateful every time. In the winter I've enjoyed hiking and snowshoeing, and someday I'd like to bring my skis as well. Don't miss the back way up to Mt Tom via the Faulkner trail, or be like me and connect downtown Woodstock with the Prosper Road trailhead via Faulkner.

B.P. A.

cool farm and they have the best cheddar!!

scot Pooler

Kids loved it

Beverly Stewart

Attended a sheep talk, watched a cow get milked, amazing tour of farm house. Guides were more informative, friendly and helpful than expected.

Angela Fowler

Great time

Ben Gleason

Paved trails, very nice for walking and light hiking.

Walter Ferreira

Great place to take the kids

Erin Chandler

Historic. Rockefeller place. Woodstock village near by. Hiking, shopping. Nice place.

Enrique Casablanca

The old ski hill located past the main entrance on your left as your head towards Suicide Six is a great ski hill. Used to be call Mt. Tom re-school or day care. I went there as a child. But this spot is a great HammerHead sled hill. As well as the access road to the pouge. Check this spot out for sledding.

Joseph Brown

Beautiful home and garden

Vicki Kersten

National historic site

Peter Stover

Great Place

Chris Brown

The Halloween activities were fun for my 7 year old!

Neil P. Allen

Beautiful location.

Anza Beldon

Enjoyed it. I thought this would accept National parks passport, did not. It was very nice.

Le-Retoucherie Miami, Florida 786-280-5189

Beautiful place for a nice day there is a lot to see

M R Noneya

This is a great place for a walk!

M.D. Greenleaf

Although historically interesting with beautiful architecture, this is a wonderful place to just get outdoors. There are lots of tree covered carriage roads and hiking paths that weave the property. We hiked up to the Pogue, which is a beautiful pond, especially this time of year (fall) with the foliage peeking through. Parking is convenient and plentiful across the street. There is no entrance fee to the park, but if touring the buildings, there is a charge. Reservations are suggested for the house tours. There are lots of activities everyday, so check online for the schedule ahead of time.

Bryan Kipke

Plenty of details on past and current farming including hands on experiences from making ice cream to milking cows. Great place to spend the day.

DougIver

Best (only) National Park in Vermont! Carriage trails make this a 4 season must for being outside.

Ivy Thedog

Beautiful grounds. We enjoyed exploring and learning more about the area.

Karl Leibensperger

An interesting stop, but the tour isn’t worth the $8/person charge. Your National Parks pass isn’t worth anything here because they don’t charge a regular admission, though they do charge for the tour. We did enjoy walking the grounds/trails for two days though!

ez hennie

Never anything new

april manupelli

Beautiful location

Aviral Sharma

Fun place to go with friends and family, especially if you have kids

NENNO

This is where the Vermont forestry was reborn setting an example by Mr. Rockefeller himself.

norman peters

Fabulous house (mansion), very nice artwork

April JONES

Very nice Museum, Farm and loved the Sunflower Maze.

Roger Simmons

We only hiked and walked the carriage roads and trails. Still lots of ice and snow. Wear cleats or micro spikes. Some signage could be improved.

Thomas Blakely

Nice working farm and estate. A good glimpse at Vermont life in 1890. Many trails for hiking. Exhibits and dairy bar. Well worth a visit.

newheart1101 Carol

Great place to visit!

Veronica Huffines

My children love visiting this place.

Susan Rohling

Great place to spend the day. Nice grounds to hike also.

Lew Phinney

Great hikes, excellent history presentation, interesting farm.

James Kafka

Relaxing park with a beautiful view of the river.

jim catalfamo

how this place has a 4.7 rating is beyond me. if i could i give it 10 stars. i would. the house is incredible and the guest house is cool. just wish i could of went inside the guest house. after see the houses check out the hiking trails which are beautiful during the falls. don't miss this wonderful place. after the head over to woodstock. nice place to shop and eat. bring a camera they now allow pictures. :)

Bridget A

Beautiful estate. Learned so much. Highly recommend visiting it.

Zachary Peterson

The national historic park is not the same as the farm. They have two different booking systems so if you are going to one be sure you know how to buy tickets. The mansion and park were phenomenal grounds and the mansion itself was gorgeous and just the way it should have been left.

Alandra Pryor

Amazing workmanship on the woodwork. Guides are really informative about the museum

Adam Studdard

Great spot for an afternnon hike. Just challenging enough to keep things interesting but very doable in an afternoon. Great snowshoeing and XC skiing in the winter, too! Be sure to download a map or pick one up at the visitor center.

Author David D Holt

Not bad

David Whitcomb

Billings Farm was fun for the whole family

Jill L

We had a fantastic hike with Ranger Julia who helped bring a new dimension to the AT. Her knowledge, poems and trivia questions were a delight. Similarly, Ranger Scott helped make a interesting connection regarding how the wealthy purchased art, some of which reflected their views on conservation. Overall, our first visit to MBR Park leads us to highly recommend it. We hope that one day the park will continue its tours through the winter, when the lighting creates a new experience.

Elizabeth Golden

Beautiful natural scenery, historical homes, museum and a farm in quaint Woodstock, Vermont. A must see!

Trent Hagerty

Beautiful park, great wildlife

Stephen Hartman

This was a real highlight to our Vermont trip. Museum and movie are very worthwhile to visit. Do not miss tour of manor house, Complete with furnishings of all 3 historical owners. I was fascinated with biography of Mr. Marsh, in particular. As a graduate of Syracuse University College of Forestry, we studied his writings as the virtual father of the American environmental conservation movement. Photo is of Gorge, which is nearby.

Vin Candela

Great gardens

Monica Nazar

It is a farm with a Mansion. I didn't find it particularly interesting but I didn't go on the trails

Edward Stevens

A lot of history here. A working farm that raised prize winning live stock. A must see if you are in the area.

Vickie Colapietro

Very clean cows nice area trails were great

Howard Hargreaves

Great working farm, nice visit.

Andrea Sigle

A great experience! So much history and beauty. It was very educational. It would be a fabulous 4-H excursion.

Wendy Hagmaier

A nice place to end up a hike! Woodstock is a cute little town.

Nick Rapagnani

Wonderful place to take the kids and see how a real farm works. Run by National Parks and decent(yet fairly short) hiking trails up the hill for an adventure.

Waiyan Ma

Very nice and relax environment. Easy walking along the carriage road to the open view of Woodstock from South Peak, and to the pond, which should be very beautiful with the foliage. The ranger was very helpful, and we should listen to her not to come down via the smaller trails, which are not well marked.

Marsha Hyatt

Wonderful day of history.

Glenn White

We hiked up to and around the Pogue (14 acre pond) which is really pretty place to stroll around.

Cris Cote

Always worth a walk to the Pogue, especially during peak foliage.

Jennifer Hill

Friendly and informative staff, good day out.

Nick Bond

Great place for a walk! Scenic views and paths right in the heart of nature. It's a must see for anyone who finds themselves around here.

Richard Kalender

It is not interesting

craig bryngelson

To much to see you need hours

Brajendra Patra

If you are interested in village kind of experience...good to visit

Spartan 117

Interesting if you're in to historical farms. My kids weren't.

Michael Kane

Very nice, little know park. Parkking is at billings farm across the street, but they will let you drive up if handicapped. Great house tour and movie. The farm is a separate charge.

Mike Garvey

Great American history

Paul DiSegna

Awesome place for hiking

John Campbell

Perfect country setting and a lot of history

Michelle N

The museum & movie in the welcome center were very interesting. The guides in the home were very knowledgeable. Kids enjoyed the animals and their ice cream.

Valerie Millar

Wonderful place to visit loves the sunflowers and gigantic pumpkins!

Judy Meier

Great house and grounds. Amazing art work on the walls. The Jr. Ranger Badge is wooden,,made with wood from the property!

Nate Palmer

A must see and taste be for you die. Do you like chocolate milk? That should be enough, but they make ice cream too. If you don't go, don't worry, ill eat your share . Don't go lookin for 2% or that sissy skim milk here, this is a real farm. Go take a look. NO FARMS NO FOOD!

Katie Olsen

Loved everything about this place. Came on a whim... And left very happy that I got a chance to experience the park.

Mark Warner

Beautiful grounds and wonderful walking paths throughout the estates property

Sarah Meyer

Amazing. The stove was in great condition, and the tour guides told us so much!

Darlene Laro

Loved it.

Peter Lehmann

Very nice place

Jack Simpson

Awesome hiking trails

Ken Kuttner

Fascinating history, lovely grounds for walking/hiking.

John Adams

Very nice, pleasant people, good time.

Todd MacKenzie

Great hilly hikes. Great views from the top. Great yearly run road to the pouge

Bob Hartman

Parking is at the Farm Museum, and you must walk up quite a hill to get to the NPS visitors center. This isn't obviously posted, so if you have difficuly walking, get dropped off at the NPS visitors center first.