Location & Directions

Common Ground Center
472 Tatro Road
Starksboro, VT


Directions to Starksboro

*Note that GPS apps & devices often takes drivers through a mountain pass or on a more roundabout route. Newcomers may want to print directions in advance of their trip.

From Bristol

Go north on Route 116. Stay on Route 116 past the Route 17 turn off and past the "Welcome to Starksboro" sign. Tatro Road will be on your left. Tatro Road is 7.8 miles from the traffic light in the center of Bristol. Turn left on Tatro Road (please drive slowly because of kids and dogs). Pass the sawmill on your left, and proceed straight over a small bridge. The first house on your left is our central meeting place.

From Southern Vermont
Rt. 7 to New Haven, right at intersection in New Haven onto 17 East to Bristol. At 4-way stop in Bristol, stay straight on 17/116. After town of Bristol, 17 splits to right: continue going straight on 116 for 4.4 miles. Turn left onto Tatro Road (please drive slowly because of kids and dogs). Pass the sawmill on your left, and proceed straight over a small bridge. The first house on your left is our central meeting place.

From Burlington and Points East

From Interstate 89 get off at Williston Exit 12
From Burlington (North): Turn Right onto Rt. 2A
From Montpelier (South): Turn Left onto Rt. 2A.
Take 2A to end of road, turn left at intersection onto Rt. 116.
Stay on Rt. 116 about 11 miles (you’ll pass through Hinesburg) to town of Starksboro. After you pass the Robinson Elementary School, go .6 miles further. You’ll pass Hidden Acres and Brookside Road on the right before turning right on Tatro Road (please drive slowly because of kids and dogs). Pass the sawmill on your left, and proceed straight over a small bridge. The first house on your left is our central meeting place.

From NY/NJ
Follow Route 87 North of Albany to Exit 20—Glenn Falls/Whitehall. Follow 149 East to 4 North.
Take 4 North which becomes 4 East in Vermont.
Once in Vermont take 22A North to 17 East which becomes 116N.
Continue straight on Rt. 116 North. Approx. 6 miles from the 4-way stop in the center of Bristol keep an eye out for our sign on the right and Tatro Road on the left (if you enter the main town area of Starksboro you’ve gone too far. You will however have passed a Starksboro sign). Take a left on Tatro Rd (please drive slowly because of kids and dogs). Pass the sawmill on your left, and proceed straight over a small bridge. The first house on your left is our central meeting place.

From Boston Area

Take I-93 North to I-89 North. Get off I-89 at Williston exit 12. Turn Left onto Rt. 2A. Take 2A to end of road, turn left at intersection onto Rt. 116.
Stay on Rt. 116 about 11 miles (you’ll pass through Hinesburg) to town of Starksboro. After you pass the Robinson Elementary School, go .6 miles further. You’ll pass Hidden Acres and Brookside Road on the right before turning right on Tatro Road (please drive slowly because of kids and dogs). Pass the sawmill on your left, and proceed straight over a small bridge. The first house on your left is our central meeting place.

*Note: from either direction, a state road sign announcing Common Ground Center will appear within a mile of the Center. Tatro is the next turn after that sign. The mileage on the sign includes the total distance between the sign and Common Ground Center, not the distance between the sign and the turn.