Rock of Ages - Our Quarries Are Out of this World!

When location scouts for Paramount needed an impressive cliff from which young James T. Kirk's car would plunge in the upcoming Star Trek Movie, where did they look? Not on Vulcan, not on Romulus or even on the Klingon home world. No, they came to Vermont to film our impressive quarries. The sheer face of Rock of Ages' Smith Quarry provides the drama in the car chase scene in the latest Star Trek saga. So whether you're an intergalactic traveler or more earthbound, we invite you to see why our quarries have been featured in films, acclaimed photography and television series, such as Modern Marvels and Made in America.

While touring our quarry, you'll see our quarriers far below as they cut mammoth blocks from the quarry face and hoist them to the surface with powerful derricks capable of lifting up to 250 tons! 

Once you've been awed by the cavernous quarry, you'll want to visit our factory to watch artisans as they cut, polish and sculpt the stone into memorial products, civic statuary and precision products sent all over the world.

Our Visitors Center features computer-based kiosks, a photographic timeline of the Barre granite industry, a video and a gift shop. The gift shop offers beautiful granite gifts, Vermont specialty foods, Vermont-themed clothing, lovely granite and stone jewelry and souvenirs.

Once you've seen it, you'll be inspired to DO IT. Our Cut-in-Stone Center is a BLAST! Step up to the booth, grab the gun and feel the pulsing throb of air and abrasive rush from the nozzle as you learn to cut a design in stone is fun, affordable family activity. Make a great memory while making a stone gift with your very own hands!

Our one-of-a-kind outdoor granite bowling lane is a real crowd pleaser. And don't forget to rummage through the grout bin for that perfect granite souvenir before you leave us.

So when you're warping your way through Vermont, please drop to sub-light speed and beam on over to visit our quarry soon appearing in a theater near you.