Saxtons River, Vermont
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Saxtons River, Vermont |
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We are happy to help you plan your day biking,
sightseeing, skiing, and to help you with dinner reservations and recommendations
about what to do in the area and around Vermont.
We are located less than a five-minute walk from Vermont Academy.
Vermont Academy is a private, co-ed high school with 250 students from the
area, twenty states and six countries. In the summer Vermont Academy is
host to the FASEB conferences that offer ten weekly sessions starting in
mid-June and running through mid-August. We welcome FASEB attendees and
their families.
Saxtons River has Summer baseball, is also near two golf courses, apple picking, blueberry picking, cross country and down hill skiing, fishing, a covered bridge, a country store and the scenic villages of Chester, Grafton and Weston, Vermont, and Walpole and Westmoreland, New Hampshire.
GOLF - Bellows Falls - Route 103 (5 miles); Walpole, New Hampshire (ten miles). Ask for directions here. SUMMER BASEBALL - Saxtons River Pirates. Home field Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MEETING HOUSE - Saxtons River Historical Society is open weekend afternoons in the summer. CRAFT SHOPS - Jellybean Tree - downtown Saxtons River, and Sunshine Cottage. BIKE RIDES - 20 rides are listed here. Bike books in the hallway. DOWNHILL SKIING - Ski brochures. CROSS COUNTRY SKIING - Ski brochures. Grafton Ponds. TENNIS - Courts are at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, the municipal playground in Bellows Falls and the Bellows Falls Union High School in Westmister. CANOEING - The Connecticut River and Lake Warren are enjoyable waters to canoe. RAFTING - Rentals are available on the Battenkill River in Arlington, VT (1 hour drive). BIRD WATCHING - Herrick's Cove on the Connecticut River (9 mile drive). ANTIQUE SHOPS - Antique guides, Sign of the Raven, Saxtons River. HIKING TRAILS - There are some trails in the village of Saxtons River. MAPLE SUGAR HOUSES - (Late February + March) Stickney / Fisher Sugar House, Pleasant Vally Road (3.5 miles); Hitchcock's Sugar House, Westminster West Rd. (2.5 miles)
COUNTRY STORES - Vermont
Country Store, Route 103, Rockingham VT (6 miles).
COVERED BRIDGES - 1.5 miles East of Saxtons River on Route 121. ICE SKATING - Vermont Academy, Saxtons River; November 15 to late February, Sunday afternoons from 2:00-4:00 P.M. SNOWMOBILING - Lots of local trails that join a large network of trails. Vermont Association of Snow Travelers. ALPINE SLIDES - Bromley Mt., Route 11 (40 minute drive); Pico Peak, Route 4 (one hour drive). SCENIC DRIVES - Pleasant Vally Road , turn right at the bottom of the driveway and bear right up the hill. Route 106 North of Springfield to Woodstock, VT. Also see the Vermont Map. FISHING - Locally, the Saxtons River and the Connecticut River. Local fishing guide - David Dean at 896-3116. AREA FARMS - Pleasant Vally Road (3 miles). SCENIC VILLAGES - Saxtons River, VT; Chester, VT; Grafton, VT; Walpole, NH; Westmoreland, NH; Stoddard, NH. RAILROAD - Green Mountain Flyer, Bellows Falls, VT. Brochure available here. LAKES - Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire about one hour away. It has a public beach. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL PHENOMENA - Grafton Museum of Natural History. APPLE PICKING - Area orchards. STRAWBERRY PICKING - Harlows, Putney, VT; Allen Brothers and Harlows, Westminster Station, VT. BLUEBERRY PICKING - Kibbe's, Leach Road, Saxtons River, VT. (same road as the apple orchard); Harlows, Putney, VT (Route 5 between Westminster and Putney) FLEA MARKET - Route 30, Newfane, VT. (Sundays) 4th OF JULY CELEBRATION - Saxtons River
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