‘Cloudland and surrounding roads become impassable during the fall,’ reads a local anti-tourist campaign.
"Cloudland and surrounding roads become impassable during the fall, and roads and poorly behaved tourists have damaged roads, had accidents, required towing out of ditches, trampled gardens, defecated on private property, parked in fields and driveways, and verbally assaulted residents," reads the GoFundMe campaign.
Sleepy Hollow Farm has always been a private property off-limited to tourists but, this week, the authorities in Pomfret and the neighboring town of Woodstock have also shut down the scenic road leading to the farmhouse to anyone who is not from the area from Sept. 23 to Oct. 15.
Vermont's authorities and tourism board are still encouraging tourists to come and enjoy the fall foliage in the area but to explore different parts of the state and respect private properties instead of flocking to the one rural place popularized on Instagram. "Vermont has an abundance of fall foliage viewing opportunities in all 251 towns in the state, including other areas of Pomfret," Vermont's Department of Tourism and Marketing told USA Today.This story was originally published
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