When you come stay with us, please follow the directions shown below to our location if you are coming from the St. Johnsbury area / Interstate 91 and go up Brown Farm Rd. from Rt. 15 – Google Maps may send you up a road that is not meant to drive on with regular road-worthy vehicles and you will likely get stuck or damage your vehicle. Please also don’t use Waze in this location – it does not work well here, on the back roads.
IMPORTANT!!! If your GPS takes you up Coits Pond Rd., Corner Rd, Township Highway 45, or Dusty Swamp Rd, make sure to find another route. These are class four roads that are pretty rough to get over – impassable in the winter (no joke – they become snowmobile trails).
During the fall/winter/spring it can be very cold (below 0), and we can get lots of snow (10+ inches).
Because of this, please bring warm clothes, snow gear, and slippers. I recommend bringing some food along, even if you don’t plan to eat at the treehouse – a few winters ago we had some very heavy snow that made it difficult to get out to the store sometimes. Be mentally and physically prepared to be snowed in, just in case this happens.
Another important thing to understand is that this area of Vermont (the Northeast Kingdom) has snow all winter, and sometimes mud, especially in the spring. The treehouse is located on a dirt/gravel road that can sometimes be challenging if it’s muddy or even snowy and icy. We can get a lot of snow sometimes and you could possibly get stuck on your way here or in the driveway. I do my best to keep the driveway clear of snow and sanded, but it’s not always possible all of the time. We live in a rural area and services are not always immediately available.
If the road is muddy, my recommendation for navigating that is to go slowly and stay on top of the ruts. If it looks like your car could fall into a mud rut and disappear, take a different route! (This is rare, but it does – almost – happen sometimes!) You can contact me, too, if you have any questions about it, and I’ll try to keep you apprised of any extreme conditions.
All of that being said, most of the time there are no issues, but if you have access to a 4WD vehicle, ideally with higher clearance and snow tires, that is the best-case scenario.
Keep an eye on the weather and plan ahead: fall/winter/spring in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont is probably much more severe than where you’re from and being prepared for bad weather and challenging driving conditions is absolutely the best policy.