Granite was once a big industry in Vermont, and Barre was (and still is) known as the Granite City of Vermont. While most people enjoy the quarries here as gorgeous and natural swimming holes, taking a kayak through an abandoned quarry will give you a whole new way to appreciate the fascinating sights. Let's take a look this peaceful way to see these granite wonders like never before. They are so out of this world, they really must be seen to believed.
Welcome to Barre, the Granite City of Vermont!
If you're going to paddle through a quarry, we highly recommend you find a day when the water is calm and still.
The reflections are unbelievable!
You'll find remnants of this once dominating industry throughout the quarries in Barre, such as these iron railings.
We told you the placid waters in these flooded granite quarries was a must be seen VT sight!
Looking up the granite face is like being on another planet.
While the brave folks enjoy jumping off quarry cliffs, we think the view from below is even more spectacular... Not to mention safer!
The granite was hauled out of these quarries by huge derricks and split into smaller blocks to be transferred to finishing plants.
What's left now is the perfect area for reflection, both physically and spiritually.
You'll find beauty at every turn.
You might want to shout about your new discovery from the rooftops....
But you just may want to keep this one to yourself.
Have you ever seen people brave enough to jump off the cliffs at a quarry? Check out these photos - and even a nail biting video - of swimmers at the Dorset Quarry in this article: Most people have no idea you can do this one awesome activity in Vermont.
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