Vermont Granite Quarry Tour

The quarry tour is fun informative and short.

Vermont granite quarry tour.

The museum is committed to providing engaging learning experiences for children teens and adults. Nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. Most of the granite for america s headstones comes from this part of vermont. Be sure to see the cemetery a short distance away where the granite sculpture work is worth seeing.

Easy to find no crowds and plenty of parking at the visitor center. The rock of ages quarry covers 20 acres and is the source for many of the odd funerary monuments we ve visited among them. There s a museum and a video theater that tells the story of granite. Our guided tour takes you to an overlook of the smith granite quarry here in barre vermont.

Contact us to discuss what we can do for your group. At nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. All reviews granite quarry bowling alley visitor center self guided tour gift shop quarry tour amazing site short video hope cemetery central vermont working quarry quarries stone visitors factory process slabs movie johan production mining overview. In the 1920 s visitors began to come to tour the quarry and see how granite is sourced from here.

The tour is approximately 40 minutes in length and typically runs rain or shine. Granite from the quarry has been used in a number of famous memorials and monuments and seeing the quarry up close is a unique experience. Nj s mercedes benz gravestone barre vt s cemetery sculptures. The vermont granite museum welcomes camp school community and bus tour groups to the museum to discover the science of granite and the heritage of vermont s granite industry.

Guided quarry tour postponed until further notice the guided quarry tour takes you to an overlook of the smith quarry.