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City guide · Vermont, USA

Things to do in Vermont

Green mountains, maple syrup, and postcard villages

  • Sightseeing
  • Museums
  • Shopping
  • Eat & Drink
  • Nearest airport: LEB, about 26 miles
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Three to see first in Vermont

Sightseeing
Outdoor Adventure

Ludlow, Vermont

Free

Green Mountain ski town built around Okemo Mountain Resort.

Museums
Family Favorite

Montshire Museum of Science

Under $25

A hands-on science museum on 100 riverside acres in Norwich, Vermont.

Shopping
Quirky Fun

Farm-Way

Free

A Vermont farm and workwear supply store famous for its giant boot statue.

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Sightseeing
Outdoor Adventure

Ludlow, Vermont

Free

Green Mountain ski town built around Okemo Mountain Resort.

Museums
Family Favorite

Montshire Museum of Science

Under $25

A hands-on science museum on 100 riverside acres in Norwich, Vermont.

Shopping
Quirky Fun

Farm-Way

Free

A Vermont farm and workwear supply store famous for its giant boot statue.

Eat & Drink
Local Gem

Sugarbush Farm

Free

A fifth generation Vermont farm offering free cheese and maple syrup tastings.

Theatre & Events
Date Night

Weston Theater Company

$25–$50

A professional regional theatre marking 90 seasons in a Vermont village.

Eat & Drink
Foodie Favorite

King Arthur Baking Company

Under $25

King Arthur's flagship Vermont campus pairs a bakery cafe with a retail store and hands-on baking classes.

Sightseeing
Local Gem

Lake George, New York

Free

Adirondack lake town with a mountain-ringed lake, historic forts, and a lively lakeside strip.

Museums
History Buff

American Precision Museum

Under $25

Industrial history museum in a National Historic Landmark armory tracing the birth of precision manufacturing.

Sport & Outdoor
Family Favorite

Vermont Institute of Natural Science

Under $25

A 47-acre nature center in Quechee with raptor enclosures, a forest canopy walk and nature trails.

Sightseeing
Outdoor Adventure

Rensselaer County

Free

Official visitor guide to Rensselaer County, NY's Hudson Valley outdoor recreation, farms, and local attractions.

Sightseeing
Local Gem

Vermont Attractions Association

Free

Vermont's statewide trade association for attractions, connecting travelers with the state's tourism destinations.

Sightseeing
Local Gem

Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Free

Vermont's state chamber of commerce, which administers the state's official tourism marketing program and travel guides.

Sport & Outdoor
Family Favorite

Pats Peak

$50+

A family owned ski area in Henniker, New Hampshire with 28 trails, night skiing and snowtubing.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Vermont Association of Snow Travelers

Free

Nonprofit trail association that maintains and grooms Vermont's statewide snowmobile trail network.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Ausable Chasm

Under $25

Hike rim and gorge trails through a two-mile sandstone chasm, then float the Ausable River by raft or tube.

Attractions
Family Favorite

Ben & Jerry's Factory

Under $25

Take a 30-minute guided ice cream factory tour with a sample, then visit the Flavor Graveyard for retired flavors.

Sightseeing
Free

Church Street Marketplace

Free

Stroll four car-free blocks of downtown Burlington lined with local shops, restaurants and a busy calendar of street events.

Attractions
Family Favorite

ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

Under $25

Explore a lakefront science center with hands-on exhibits, live animals and aquariums devoted to Lake Champlain.

Sightseeing
History Buff

Fort Ticonderoga

$25–$50

Tour a restored 18th-century fort on Lake Champlain with weapon demonstrations, museum exhibits and gardens.

Sightseeing
History Buff

Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home

$25–$50

Tour Robert Todd Lincoln's Georgian Revival summer home, its formal garden, goat dairy farm and a restored Pullman car.

Sport & Outdoor
Iconic

Killington Resort

$50+

Ski the largest terrain in the East in winter, or ride the K-1 Gondola, mountain bike and hike when the snow is gone.

Sightseeing
History Buff

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Free

Walk carriage roads through the country's oldest professionally managed forest and tour a Queen Anne mansion in Woodstock.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Mount Mansfield

Free

Hike or drive to the alpine ridgeline of Vermont's highest peak for views from the Chin, its 4,395-foot summit.

Sightseeing
History Buff

President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site

Under $25

See the farmhouse parlor where Calvin Coolidge took the presidential oath in 1923 and the preserved village around it.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Quechee Gorge

Under $25

Look down 165 feet into Vermont's deepest gorge from the US Route 4 bridge, then hike the trail along the Ottauquechee River.

Sightseeing
History Buff

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Under $25

Tour the home, studios and hedged gardens of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, with reproductions of his bronzes set outdoors.

Attractions
Iconic

Saratoga Race Course

Under $25

Watch summer thoroughbred racing from the grandstand or a backyard picnic spot at a track opened in 1863.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Saratoga Spa State Park

Under $25

Sample mineral springs, hike about 12 miles of trails and swim in historic pools at this landmark park.

Museums
History Buff

Shelburne Museum

$25–$50

Wander 39 buildings on a 45-acre campus filled with folk art, quilts, Impressionist paintings and the steamboat Ticonderoga.

Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure

Smugglers' Notch State Park

Under $25

Camp and hike at the foot of Mount Mansfield in the narrow Green Mountains pass that the notch road climbs through.

Sport & Outdoor
Iconic

Stowe Mountain Resort

$50+

Ski Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, and Spruce Peak, then unwind in the slopeside Spruce Peak Village.

Sightseeing
History Buff

Vermont State House

Free

Tour Vermont's gold-domed capitol, whose House and Senate chambers are the oldest active legislative halls with original interiors.

Stay
Iconic

von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort

$50+

Stay at the Austrian-style mountain lodge run by the singing von Trapp family on 2,600 acres above Stowe.

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About Vermont

Vermont does not do big; it does perfect. White-steepled villages, covered bridges, and back roads that smell of maple in March, with craft breweries and cheese trails threading it all together. Ski in winter, leaf-peep in fall, and cool off in a swimming hole the rest of the year.

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