Vermont Route 100
Stamford → Newport, VT · ~200 miles · full day to a weekend
Stylized illustration, not a photo — the real place looks different (and that’s half the fun).
Route 100 runs nearly the length of Vermont down the Green Mountain spine — covered bridges, white-steepled villages, ski towns, and the country’s most famous fall foliage.
Good to know: Leaf-season weekends get busy — go midweek and book lodging early.
Updated July 2026.
The spine of the Green Mountains.
Peak leaf season (late Sept–early Oct) is unbeatable, but it’s a four-season classic: Ben & Jerry’s, Stowe, and farm stands the whole way.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
The best stops on the Vermont Route 100 are the places that define the drive, not just the nearest towns. Roamward orders them for the road: start with Stowe, Waterbury, Mad River Valley, Granville Gulf, then open each stop guide for the pull-over context.
01Stowea quintessential ski village under Mount Mansfield — open the stop guideVT
02Waterburyhome of the Ben & Jerry’s factory — open the stop guideVT
03Mad River Valleycovered bridges and classic Vermont villages — open the stop guideVT
04Granville Gulfa forest reserve with the Moss Glen Falls — open the stop guideVT
Where to eat
Restaurants along this route.
Restaurants on the Vermont Route 100 are chosen for trip usefulness: gateway-town location, a clear reason to stop, and enough quality to make a traveler save the pick. Start with Worthy Burger, Doc Ponds, Harrison's Restaurant, Trattoria La Festa.
A curated set of trip-useful meals near the route — enough to anchor driving days without turning the guide into a phone book.
- Worthy Burger
A craft-burger detour near the southern Route 100 corridor, useful when the day calls for beer and a strong casual meal.
- Doc Ponds
A Stowe beer-and-comfort-food stop for Route 100 travelers, strong for the northern Vermont stretch after mountain or foliage time.
- Harrison's Restaurant
Cozy village cellar restaurant open since 2003 with a creative American menu that elevates comfort food using Vermont ingredients.
- Trattoria La Festa
Family-run since 1986 inside a restored farmhouse, serving authentic Italian pastas and regional dishes to generations of Stowe visitors.
- American Flatbread
A Mad River Valley wood-fired pizza stop that gives Vermont Route 100 a relaxed, local-feeling dinner between mountain towns.
- Mad River Barn
Cozy inn tavern in the Mad River Valley with hearty plates and fireplace energy, right in the emotional middle of Route 100.
- The Mad Taco
A Mad River Valley taco stop that keeps the central Vermont stretch lively and casual.
- 275 Main at The Pitcher Inn
A polished Warren inn dining room for making the central Route 100 stretch feel like a deliberate overnight instead of a leaf-peeping pass-through.
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