Ferrisburgh in Addison County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Welcome to Rokeby Museum's Hiking Trails

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2025

1. Welcome to Rokeby Museum's Hiking Trails Marker

Inscription.

We invite you to explore the landscape that has been shaped over time by both human and natural forces.

The Robinson family first came to this property in 1793, two years after Vermont became a state. For more than 150 years, the family lived and worked here as farmers, artists, writers, naturalists, and social reformers. Today you will walk down paths that once led flocks of sheep and dairy herds to pasture, through orchards previously ripe with fruit and fields where grains once grew in abundance. You will see how one family settled and worked the land and how much of the farm has reverted to a forest as nature has taken over those parts of the landscape left untended.

[Balance of marker not historical and not transcribed]

Erected by Rokeby Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.

Location. 44° 13.389′ N, 73° 14.215′ W. Marker is in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, in Addison County. It can be reached from U.S. 7. Marker is on the Rokeby Museum grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4334 US Highway 7, Ferrisburgh VT 05456, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Champlain Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dairy Barn (within shouting distance of this marker); The Robinson Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); The Historic Robinson Home (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Meet the Robinson Family (about 300 feet away); Ferrisburgh Academy (about 400 feet away); Your Questions Answered (about 400 feet away); "Rokeby" (about 600 feet away); The Great Convention (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ferrisburgh.

Also see . . . Rokeby Museum. (Submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2025

2. Welcome to Rokeby Museum's Hiking Trails Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.