Great falls and Little falls are on the Passumpsic river here. In the Great falls the water descends about sixty-five feet in a distance of thirty rods. Pretty pond is situated in the western part of the town. Several streams contain trout.

Theodore N. Vail, head of the American Telegraph & Telephone Company and of the Western Union Telegraph Company, one of the great captains of industry of the United States, has established a beautiful home near Lyndonville. Here he operates a large farm on scientific principles, and here he has established the Lyndon Agricultural school, which is doing excellent work in teaching Vermont boys the principles of modern scientific agriculture.

At Lyndonville, the largest village in town, is located the railroad shops and division headquarters of the Boston & Maine railroad.