Recreation

Year-Round Activities

Our concierge can provide you with information about any of the follwing year-round Vermont activities:

The Village of Woodstock
Includes antique shops, specialty stores and art galleries unique to Vermont as well as the landmark F.H. Gillingham & Sons General Store, renowned for offering the finest products from Vermont and around the world since 1886.

Billings Farm & Museum
Established by Vermonter Frederick Billings in 1871, the Billings Farm continues to operate as a first-class working dairy farm, while maintaining the notable distinction of being one of the country's finest farm life museums.

Simon Pearce Glassworks
Visitors can watch hand blown glass and pottery being created. Original designs are sold alongside hand-made furniture, baskets, linens, tweeds, clothing, and jewelry. Lunch and dinner are available.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
Houses one of North America's most impressive collections of live birds of prey, including owls, hawks, and eagles. Walking trails to the Ottauquechee River and Quechee Gorge are nearby.

Plymouth Notch Historic District
Considered the nation's best preserved presidential birthplace. Includes the 1924 Summer White House, the homes of Calvin Coolidge's family and neighbors, a general store, church, cheese factory, and dance hall.

Montshire Museum of Science
A hands-on museum with exhibits on natural and physical sciences, ecology, and technology. Surrounded by 100 acres of woodlands along the Connecticut River with walking trails.

Quechee Gorge Village
Vermont's Little Grand Canyon. Features a country store, antique mall, and arts and crafts center. Carousel and miniature train rides for children are available in summer.

Billings Farm & Museum
A working dairy farm that continues a century-long tradition of agricultural excellence and showcases the pastoral beauty of Vermont. Established in 1871, Billings Farm operates as a first-class working dairy farm and is one of the country's finest farm life museums. The Farm & Museum offer interactive educational programs and historical exhibits that explore Vermont's rural heritage. The restored Queen Anne-style farm house includes the family living quarters and the creamery where butter was produced for market. Billings Farm & Museum is open daily mid-April through October; it’s also offers special holiday events and dinners as well as sleigh rides during the winter months.

Places to go in Vermont within driving distance of The Woodstock Inn & Resort:

Catamount Brewing Company Factory Tour Windsor | Cold Hollow Cider Mill Waterbury | Harpoon Brewing Company Windsor | King Arthur Flour South Norwich | Long Trail Ale Bridgewater Corners | Quechee Gorge (Vermont's Little Grand Canyon) White River Junction | Sugarbush Farm Woodstock | UVM Morgan Horse Farm Middlebury | Vermont Country Store Weston | Vermont Teddy Bear Company Shelburne | Vermont Institute of Natural Science Woodstock

In New Hampshire:

Dartmouth College | Hood Museum |Hopkins Performing Arts Center Hanover