The Bennington Museum

Skiing at Stratton Mountain

A local farm

Newfane country store

One of many nearby covered bridges

Southern Vermont is truly a four season, Currier & Ives wonderland. In the pure, crisp air, under crystal blue skies, you can discover and enjoy all that our mountains and hillsides offer: outdoor recreation, hand-made crafts, local heritage, and scenic country lanes.

Culture & History

• Newfane Historical Society
• Historic Grafton Village
• Hildene — Manchester
• Norman Rockwell Museum — Arlington
• The Bennington Museum (Grandma Moses)
• Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
• Green Mountain Flyer — scenic train ride
• Park-McCullough House — North Bennington
• Elaine Beckwith Gallery — Jamaica
• The British Clockmaker

Outdoor Fun

• Hiking/walking the 100+ acres behind the Inn
• Grafton Ponds Recreation Center — biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice skating, snow tubing
• Townshend Outdoors — canoeing, kayaking, tubing
• Horses for Hire — Jamaica
• Townshend Dam & State Park — swimming, hiking, fishing
• Jamaica State Park — hiking
• Windham Golf Club
• Brattleboro Country Club
• Fishing, canoeing, kayaking — numerous locations
• Stratton Mountain — tennis, golf, horseback riding, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding
• Bromley Mountain — downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, alpine slide, go-carts
• Mount Snow/Haystack — tennis, golf, mountain biking, downhill skiing, snowboarding
• High Country — Wilmington — snowmobiling
• Mountain View Ranch — Sun Bowl Ranch Horseback rides, Sleigh rides, Riding Camps and Lessons

Farms

• Olallie Daylily Gardens — South Newfane
• D & K's Garden Center & Butterfly Heaven — Jamaica
• Billings Farm & Museum — Woodstock
• Harlow's Sugar House — Putney
• Adam's Farm — Wilmington — sleigh rides and farm animals
• Robb Family Farm — West Brattleboro — sleigh rides

Shopping

• Newfane Country Store
• Antiques — over 30 locations within 20 minutes
• Brattleboro, Chester & Wilmington - many unique boutiques & galleries
• North River Winery — Jacksonville
• 350 high-end outlet Stores — Manchester
• Grafton Village Cheese Company
• Taft Hill Gallery — Townshend
• Vermont Country Store — Weston & Rockingham
• Vermont Artisan Designs — Brattleboro
• Basketville — Putney & Manchester
• Mary Meyer Teddy Bears — Townshend
• Lawrence's Smoke Shop — Townshend
• Townshend Furniture
• Simon Pearce Glass — Quechee
• Bennington Potters

Covered Bridges

There are over 20 covered bridges within an hour of the inn.
Ask an innkeeper for information on planning a tour to see them.