Swimming in lakes and ponds, hiking, golf, tennis and horseback riding
Visit cheese making farms and a farmer’s market in summer months
Bromley Mountain offers an alpine slide and miniature golf in the summer
Manchester has endless amount of outlet shopping as well as the Orvis flagship store and Northshire bookstore and the original Vermont Country Store
Galleries include: Tilting at Windmills Gallery, Southern Vermont Art Gallery, Jud Hartmann Gallery, and West River Gallery
Weston Play House and Dorset Play house
Further away:
Drive to the huge, unique and fascinating Shelburne Museum, Calvin Coolidge's home in Plymouth, the Robert Frost Trail in Middlebury, the Grandma Moses Museum in Bennington, tour Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury, the Norman Rockwell Exhibition, where Norman Rockwell's models are your tour guides, at the Arlington Gallery in Arlington, hometown of Norman Rockwell 1939-53, on historic Route 7A; the world-famous Simon Pearce Glass-Blowing workshop and restaurant in Quechee,VT and the noted Billings Farm Museum in Woodstock, VT.
Other Activities:
mini golf, farmer's market