Hazen's Notch

Named for Brigadier General Moses Hazen, who, with Colonel Jacob Bayley, engineered and built the Bayley-Hazen Military Road from Newbury, Vermont, to about this point. The road was to have been used by General Benedict Arnold to move troops from Southern Vermont to the Canadian border for the purpose of invading Quebec during the American Revolution.

The road was never finished. Little evidence of the original road exists, but there have been reports of archaeologists locating isolated sections of corduroy. Some state and town roads do follow its path.

The State of Vermont has recognized the importance of this area and has designated 273 acres as the Hazen's Notch Natural Area, as well as Hazens' Notch State Park. This portion of Vermont Route 58 is closed in winter.