An Authentic Vermont Vacation Awaits!

There’s so much to see and do here in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, as it’s rightfully named, you need more than just a day or two to explore our region. A day’s drive is sure to take you past one of our local farms. Over in Peacham, you can visit with the alpacas and learn about shearing and knitting with alpaca fiber at Snowshoe Farms. At Meadow View Farm in Lyndonville, you can tour the farm and meet the belted Galloway Cattle they breed and raise. And why not go for a llama trek while you're here? Where, you ask? At Agape Hill Farm in Hardwick.

Bring the whole family to the Fairbanks Museum, housed in a classic Victorian building where you'll find a dazzling array of animals and artifacts, dolls and tools, shells and fossils, and Vermont's only public planetarium.

Make a Pilgrimage to the Old Stone House Museum which houses 25 rooms of exhibits focusing on 19th century life in northern Vermont. The exhibits continue in Alexander Twilight's own house, two more historic houses, and a traditional barn.

There’s no shortage of Arts & Culture in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. At the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, you’ll find a variety of performances from “Tin Pan Alley: A Salute to Vaudeville” to the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Down in St. Johnsbury, Catamount Arts shows independent films and hosts art exhibits, music and dance performances. Nearby, at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum and Library, you’ll find 19th Century Paintings, Poetry Readings, and even reading activities for kids. The NEK Artisans Guild features fine handcrafted gifts by almost 100 Northeast Kingdom and Vermont artisans. The MAC Center for the Arts hosts the Annual Art on Main every September in the city of Newport. You’ll also find many proud Artisans and Crafters here, some open year round, others by appointment, but ready to welcome you and show you their wares from hand carved, custom furniture pieces to portrait and nature photography.

For some factory tours of Vermont products, the Cabot Cheese factory tour includes sampling their award winning cheddar so be sure to stop in and don’t forget to bring some home. Over in Lyndonville, the Bag Balm Factory can take you on a tour and show you what’s in that little green tin.

Of course, you can’t go home without some souveniers and one of those gifts must include a Maple Syrup product. You’ll find plenty of those at Maple Grove Farms in St. Johnsbury, Couture’s Maple Shop in Westfield, or Echo Hill Farm in Craftsbury. If it’s sugaring season (late March), you can even tour our sugarhouses.