Smugglers' Notch State Park
Under $25Camp and hike at the foot of Mount Mansfield in the narrow Green Mountains pass that the notch road climbs through.

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von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort is a place to stay in Stowe, VT, part of the Vermont guide. Cost: $50 or more.
700 Trapp Hill Road · Stowe, VT
The von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort is a 2,600-acre mountain resort on the Stowe land the singing von Trapp family bought in 1942, the family whose story inspired The Sound of Music. The Austrian-style lodge has four restaurants serving farm-to-table food, and the property is a working farm with maple syrup and Scottish Highland cattle. You can ski cross-country trails in winter, bike in summer and drink lagers at the von Trapp Bierhall.
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Camp and hike at the foot of Mount Mansfield in the narrow Green Mountains pass that the notch road climbs through.
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