Meet local folks and interesting visitors and enjoy real home cooking at church-sponsored chicken pie suppers . Find a special gift for that special person in your life at pre-holidays church bazaars. Watch white-tail deer graze and feed in meadows at the outskirts of the city in early morning hours and at dusk. Autumn foliage around Montpelier seems extra special. Leaves begin to change in mid-September.
Red leaves show first on soft maples, before the gold and orange hues of other hardwood trees.
Our peak foliage is between Oct. 3-15, though predicting when it will be best is a very inexact science. The State House with its golden dome set against a backdrop of green softwoods and accented with surrounding colorful foliage, make it the most photographed scene in all of Vermont. Youths compete for prizes and dubious honors at the annual, nationally acclaimed Rotten Sneakers Contest . For youths 18 and under. Come fly a kite .