SHARP PARK
Cobble Hill
Milton, Vermont
Welcome to Sharp Park
We offer a unique experience that combines
conservation, education, agriculture and recreation on our 101 acre ecology
preserve located in the heart of Chittenden County surrounding Cobble Hill in
Milton, Vermont, only ten miles north of Burlington, minutes from exit 17 of
I89.
Take an eco-tour of our Christmas tree farm, our
sugarbush and our acres of forest conservation land on the most eco-friendly
motorized human transporter ever invented – the Segway. We offer guided eco-tours through the woods on
Segways devoted to topics ranging from the local geology of the Lake Champlain
valley to our spectacular wildflowers in the springtime.
We also offer hiking and mountain
biking and an Orbitron (human gyroscope) during the spring, summer and fall and
snow tubing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross country and downhill skiing and
sliding in the winter. We sell choose
and cut Christmas trees from our plantation (Sharp Farm)surrounding our
paraglider landing zone on weekends from Thanksgiving through Christmas and we
also offer live potted Christmas trees, wreaths and Vermont products for sale
in our all purpose barn, which includes bathroom facilities and a snack bar.
Sharp Park is a great family fun adventure destination
any time of the year. Bring a picnic
lunch, hike to the top of the hill and enjoy the spectacular views of the Lake
Champlain valley, the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. Cobble Hill is 900 feet above sea level at
its summit, towering 800 feet over Lake Champlain and the rest of the valley. It has fantastic views in all
directions. On clear days Canada is
visible from the summit.
Cobble Hill is also ideally suited to teaching
paragliding. It is one of only two
paraglider training facilities in New England and the only one in Vermont.
We can only teach paragliding when the wind is out of
the northwest since we have to launch and land into the wind and our training
slope faces northwest. But we are open
for Segway tours, hiking and mountain biking on weekends
from June 1 through December each year from 10 a.m. to dusk (8 p.m. in summer, 4
p.m. in winter). We recommend that you
call at least 48 hours in advance to reserve a slot in a Segway eco-tour. We reserve the right to cancel any tour with
less than four participants. Please note
that all our activities are outdoors and therefore subject to weather
conditions we don’t control.
Winter activities from late November into March are
subject to snow conditions. We only open
the barn during the winter when we have good snow conditions and sufficient
traffic to warrant operation. Check our
web site, email us at sharppark@comcast.net
or call us at: (802) 879-3507 before
planning a trip to Sharp Park in the winter.
Sharp Park is open to the public and there is no
admission or parking charge. We make our
living providing Segway tours, snow tubes and other equipment, special events, and the sale of Christmas
trees and Vermont products. Please
patronize our business.
At Sharp Park our mission is to have fun, enjoy the
ecology of our area and inspire the environmental spirit in all of us.
Thank you,
Rick Sharp
Ruth Masters
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