Its facilities are located on Harvey Road in Underhill, Vermont, on a rural property previously known as the Harvey Farm, given to the state in 1946 by Governor of Vermont Mortimer Proctor.

The center's early facilities and century-old sugar bush are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[1] The Proctor Maple Research Center is located on 180 acres (73 ha) of land on the western slope of Mount Mansfield.

The facilities of the center are located on a spur road off Harvey Road, and its actively managed stand of sugar maples is located north of its small cluster of buildings.

The early field station was little more than a sugar house, mounted on skids until a suitable permanent site was located.