Things To Do

The Golf Club at The Equinox

Stratton Mountain Golf Course

Local Hikes

Lye Brook Falls Trail: 4.5 miles, 2h15m, moderate https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/vermont/lye-brook-falls-trail Equinox Pond: 2.5 miles, 55m, easy https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/vermont/equinox-pond-via-flatlander-pass Equinox Pond II: 3.2 miles, 1h45m, moderate https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/vermont/flatlander-equinox-pond-and-mount-bluff-trail Prospect Rock, 3.1 miles, 2hr, moderate https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/vermont/prospect-rock-trail SVAC Loop and Equinox Preservation Trust Trails https://www.equinoxpreservationtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ept-trail-map-guide.pdf Merck Forest and Farm Center: 30 miles of trails over 3200 acres (25 minutes from Manchester) https://www.merckforest.org/

Bromley Mountain Adventure Park

Alpine slide, giant swing, waterslide, mini golf, climbing wall, trampoline. 15 minutes from Manchester.

Dorset Marble Quarry

Beautiful Vermont swimming hole ten minutes from Manchester

Fly Fishing on the Battenkill

Stratton Mountain

Stratton Mountain is 20 minutes away and has mountain biking, scenic chair lift rides, and hiking for the summer!

Land Rover Driving Course

Green Mountain School of Falconry

Falconry lessons and Hawk Walks!

Battenkill Canoe & Kayak Rentals

25 minutes from Manchester

Local Museums

Southern Vermont Arts Center and Sculpture Park with trails https://www.svac.org/ Hildene: The Lincoln Family Home https://hildene.org/ The American Museum of Fly Fishing https://www.amff.org/ Manchester Community Library Free Exhibit: "For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton Collection" https://mclvt.org/for-the-love-of-vermont-the-lyman-orton-collection-exhibit-opening-friday-june-14th-500-pm/

Farmers Markets

West River Farmers Market, Londonderry (20 minutes) - a Pierce family favorite! Saturdays 9AM-1PM, https://www.westriverfarmersmarket.com/ Dorset Farmers Market, Dorset (10 minutes) Sundays 10AM-2PM, https://www.dorsetfarmersmarket.com/ Manchester Farmers Market Thursdays 3-6PM, https://manchesterfarmers.org/

Dining

Up for Breakfast - 7AM-12:30PM The Little Rooster Cafe - 7AM-2:30PM Zoey's Deli & Double Hex Restaurant - great sandwiches! Hound Dogs food truck - another Pierce family favorite! 64 Equinox Terrace, across from Hampton Inn Copper Grouse - cozy pub inside the Taconic Hotel Union Underground - gastropub Mulligan's - sports bar (and location of our after party!) Marsh Tavern & Falcon Bar - Equinox Resort bar with firepit and s'mores after 6PM Chantecleer - fine dining in a beautiful VT barn Johnny Seesaw's - a Pierce family favorite for 35 years! Beautiful cozy (but large!) bar and restaurant 15 minutes from Manchester Silver Fork - fine dining in Manchester (voted best date night restaurant in all of North America!) Mistrals at Toll Gate - French cuisine Mystic Cafe and Wine Bar

Shopping

Northshire Bookstore One of the best independent bookstores in the country - recommended! Orvis Flagship Store Vermont Country Store The Vermont Country Store is a Vermont Institution! Located 25 minutes away in Weston, one of our favorite Vermont towns JK Adams Wood Craft Dorset, VT (ten minutes) Manchester Village designer outlets