Activities & Local Attractions

Special Summer Activities

Every weekend The Wilmington Flea market offers everything from antiques & collectables, to new items & flowers/plants for the garden .Open 8 am to 2pm.

The Marlboro School of Music hosts 4 weeks of Chamber Music concerts. This is a charming venue & the music is provided  by wonderful young students musicians .
Dates from July 17 through August 14. And the price, you can't beat.

The West Brattleboro Organic Farmers Market is  a Vermont treasure! Gardeners & foodies as well as a bevy of local artists, lovingly display & sell their crafts. This is what a farmers market should be. This is a MUST SEE for anyone who loves to eat good food and an opportunity to meet those special people who grow it.
Saturday morning: 8 am ~ 2 pm.

Museums (Art) :

Brattleboro Contemporary Art, Brattleboro, VT
Clark Institute of Art, Williamstown, MA
Mass MOCA , Museum of Contemporary Art
North Adams, MA
Grandma Moses Schoolhouse, paintings & American primatives, Bennington, VT
Bennington Museum, American glass & Revolutionary War artifacts, Bennington, VT
Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, Marlboro, VT 802-464-0048

Museums (History) :

Hilene, Robert Todd Lincolns sons home, 412 acres, 24 room Georgian Revival mansion. Manchester, VT
Mid May ~ Oct. 802-362-1788
Bennington Monument, a 306 ft. obelisk, observation deck w/ incredible views.

Writers:

Robert Frost, American Poet, Stone house Museum
Bennington, VT 802-447-6200
Rudyard Kiplings, English writer, Naulakha (his summer home)
802-254-6868 Brattleboro, VT

Shopping:

Designer Outlet Shopping, Manchester, VT
Antiques & Galleries, Historic Wilmington, VT
The shops @ Yankee Candle, Deerfield, MA 877-636-7707
Home of Bennington Pottery, Manufacturer & retail shop
Bennington, VT

Jacksonville is 4 miles north & is home to Stone Soldier Pottery & a gift shop "The Blue Heron."
featuring local pottery & habadashery. The General Store (Community store) offers groceries, a fabulous butcher shop, beer & wine.
Also a small selection of Vermont specialties.

Wineries & Food:

Honora Winery, Grape wines, Jacksonville, VT 368-2938
Putney Mountain Winery, Putney, VT 802-387-5925
Vermont Shepherd Cheese, Putney, VT 802-387-4473
Apex Orchards, Seasonal fruit picking, Shelburne, MA 413-625-2744
Sprague & Sons Sugarhouse, Maple Products, Jacksonville, VT 802-368-2776

Music & Theatre:

Marlboro Music Festival, July 15 ~ Aug. 13
Marlboro, VT 802-254-2394
Memorial Hall, Summer theatre & assorted musicals
July ~ October, Wilmington, VT 802-464-8411
Tanglewood, Boston Symphonys Summer Venue, Lenox, MA 888-266-1200 or www.bso.org

Gardening:

Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, MA
North Hill, Garden Tours, Readsboro, VT
Olallie North Daylily Gardens, S. Newfane, VT 802-348-6614

Golf:

Crumpin-Fox Club, Bernardston, MA 800-943-1901
Haystack Golf Course, Dover, VT

Family Activities:

Adams Farm, Winter sleighrides, Wilmington, VT 802-464-3762
Flames Stables, horse back riding, Jacksonville, VT 802-464-8329
Old Deerfield Village, Colonial Village, Deerfield, MA
Green Mt. Flagship Co. Boat rentals & excursions on
Harriman Resivoir, Wilmington, VT 802-464-2975
Hiking, Long Trail, part of the Appalachian Trail, Bennington, VT

Covered Bridges:

Exit 3 off Rte. 67A in N. Bennington.
Rte. 313, W. Arlington
Maple Street, E. Arlington