Nearby Activities

Breweries

Lawson’s Finest Liquids

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Sip of Sunshine IPA and some of the best craft beers in New England.

Website

The Alchemist

Stowe, about an hour (but worth the drive)

Probably the best New England IPA in the world (Heady Topper). Focal Banger is also great.

Website

Good Measure Pub & Brewery

Northfield, 15 minutes

The closest brewery to camp, has a full pub menu and a patio.

Website

Barr Hill by Caledonia Spirits

Montpelier, 30 to 35 minutes

Honey gin distillery with a cocktail bar.

Website

Three Penny Taproom

Montpelier, 30 to 35 minutes

Not a brewery, but 20 taps of the best Vermont beer.

Website

Mad River Distillers

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Bourbon, maple rum and apple brandy tastings inside a Vermont cheese shop, five minutes from Lawson’s.

Website

Restaurants

Folino’s Pizza

Northfield, 15 minutes

Wood-fired pizza.

Website

Carrier Roasting Co.

Northfield, 15 minutes

The closest good coffee to camp.

Website

Warren Store

Warren, 20 to 25 minutes

A 200-year-old general store with a deli, a bakery and picnic tables.

Website

Wayside Restaurant

Berlin, 30 minutes

A Vermont diner open since 1918, with breakfast all day and its own bakery. Voted best breakfast in Vermont in 2026.

Website

The Mad Taco

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Tacos, burritos and smoked meats.

Website

Canteen Creemee Company

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Maple creemees (soft serve ice cream), fried chicken and fish and chips. Next door to Mad Taco.

Website

American Flatbread at Lareau Farm

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Wood-fired flatbread.

Website

Scrag & Roe

Waitsfield, 25 to 30 minutes

Farm-to-table restaurant with globally inspired food.

Website

Prohibition Pig

Waterbury, 40 to 45 minutes

Barbecue and duck fat fries.

Website

Hen of the Wood

Waterbury, 40 to 45 minutes

The best-known farm-to-table restaurant in Vermont. Book on Resy well ahead of time.

Website

Saap

Randolph, 30 minutes

Northern Thai cooked over a wood fire. Chef won a James Beard award in 2022.

Website

Oakes & Evelyn

Montpelier, 30 to 35 minutes

Farm-to-table dinner in Montpelier.

Website

The Pitcher Inn

Warren, 20 to 25 minutes

A prix fixe dinner at a Relais & Châteaux inn. Tracks Tavern is a more casual option on the same property.

Website

Hikes

Camel’s Hump

Duxbury, 45 to 50 minutes

The closest big summit. About 7 miles round trip, 4 to 5 hours. Start early. The parking lot will fill up on a holiday weekend.

Trail info

Mount Mansfield

Underhill, about 1 hour 15 minutes

The highest point in Vermont. Sunset Ridge from Underhill State Park is 6.6 miles round trip. You can also take the Stowe toll road or the gondola and walk just the ridge.

Trail info

Stowe

Stowe, about an hour

Stowe Pinnacle is 2.8 miles round trip. The Moss Glen Falls walk is under a mile to a 125-foot waterfall.

Trail info

Waterfront

Burlington, about 15 minutes from the airport

Waterfront Park and the boardwalk on Lake Champlain are at the bottom of College Street. Grab a creemee from one of the food trucks and take a walk along the lake!

Website

Burlington

If you fly into Burlington, plan to spend a few hours there before you drive to camp, or leave time to explore on Monday before your flight! It’s about 15 minutes from the airport and about an hour from camp.

We recommend walking the boardwalk along Lake Champlain, then walking up the hill to the Church Street Marketplace.

Church Street Marketplace

Downtown Burlington

Four blocks of shops and restaurants between Pearl Street and Main Street on a pedestrian mall.

Restaurant recommendations:
Skinny Pancake on the waterfront for crepes. Honey Road for Mediterranean small plates and Hen of the Wood for farm-to-table dinner (both require reservations). Pascolo for pasta, The Friendly Toast for brunch, Henry Street Deli for a cheap breakfast sandwich made by stoned 20-year-olds, Daily Planet for cocktails. For bars, The Archives has a bunch of vintage arcade games and Three Needs has pool tables and a pizza window.

Website

Breweries

Burlington and Shelburne

Foam Brewers and Zero Gravity are the two we recommend most. Foam is on the waterfront with a lakeside patio. Zero Gravity is a big beer hall on Pine Street. Burlington Beer Co., Citizen Cider and Switchback share a complex on Flynn Avenue. Fiddlehead is 15 minutes south in Shelburne with a Folino’s Pizza next door.

Website