Explore The Battleground

How the Battleground
Got Its Name

According to Edan Long, this is the spot where her great uncle was involved in the incident that gave The Battleground its name.

She states that one winter a man gave his son, who was not yet twenty-one, permission to “get out” some logs and sell them for his own profit. After cutting a good amount of timber and making it down to the clearing, the young man struck a deal with a local mill owner, who was Edan’s great uncle.

The young man’s father was not satisfied with the deal that his son had made. Since the boy was not yet twenty-one the father took the matter into his own hands and sold the same logs to someone else for a better profit.

Both father and son were paid cash, so which purchaser would get the logs was in question.

Edan’s great uncle, intending to capitalize on his good deal, arrived at the site with his men at 4 am expecting to get the jump on his competitor. To his dismay, the other mill owner had come for the logs in the middle of the night.

Neither men knew the other’s intentions, but the neighbors knew. They gathered at the clearing expecting to see a good fight when Edan's uncle found out that he had been outsmarted. No battle ever took place, but the spot has been known as The Battleground ever since.
 

Come explore the Battleground's 65 acres of woods and streams. Our property offers year round hiking, winter snowshoeing and cross country skiing. The Catamount Trail, which originates at the Battleground, will lead you up the mountain past a beautiful beaver pond and on to a point where you can start a trek on the Long Trail or head south to connect with the Appalachian Trail.

In the summer our property is lush and green. Our guests understand where the "Green" Mountains got their name. Our heated pool sits on a hill overlooking the mountainside, making it the most beautifully situated pool in the valley. It is open from June to mid-September and is refreshing on a hot summer day as well as inviting on a cool Vermont morning or evening. The Battleground also offers outdoor hard top tennis courts and year-round paddle tennis. Families and children enjoy the playground with plenty of room to run around or pick up a friendly game of volleyball.

In the fall, the property is bright with the red hues of the maple trees and stunning yellows of the beech trees. Just the right light makes the forest around you fluorescent with color. Wander along the streams; listen to the leaves rustling under your feet and watch them dance down the streams.

There is so much to enjoy at The Battleground and in the Mad River Valley. Come visit the Green Mountains!