Family Friendly Activities
Table of Contents:
Museums/Historical/Educational
Artistic
Outdoor Activities
Indoor Activities
Athletics
Seasonal
Summer Camps
Activity Calendars/Groups
Family Friendly Activities
Museums/Historical/Educational
• American Precision Museum (Windsor, Vt) • Augustus St. Gauden’s National Historic Site (Cornish, NH) • Billings Farm & Museum (Woodstock, Vt) • Calvin Coolidge Homestead (Plymouth, Vt) • Echo Leahy Center (Burlington, Vt) • Enfield Shaker Museum (Enfield, NH) • Eshqua Bog Natural Area (Hartland, Vt) • Glass Blowing at Simon Pearce (Quechee, Vt) • Hood Museum of Art (Hanover, NH) • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Park (Woodstock, Vt) • Montshire Museum of Science (Norwich, Vt) • Morgan’s Farm (Weybridge, Vt) • New England Falconry (Woodstock, Vt) • Shelburne Farms (Shelburne, Vt) • Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, Vt) • Squam Lake Natural Science Center (Holderness, NH) • Sugarbush Farm (Woodstock, Vt) • The Fort and No. 4 Open Air Museum (Charlestown, NH) • Vermont Institute of Natural Science (Quechee, Vt) • Vermont Toy Museum (White River Junction, Vt)
Artistic
• Artistree (South Pomfret, Vt) • AVA Gallery (Lebanon, NH) • Center for Cartoon Studies (Hartford, Vt) • Children’s Art Studio (Norwich, Vt) • Claremont Opera House (Claremont, NH) • Colburn Park Music (Lebanon, NH) • Community Arts Open Studio (Lebanon, NH) • Home Depot (West Lebanon, NH) • Hopkins Center (Hanover, NH) • Lebanon Opera House (Lebanon, NH) • New London Barn and Playhouse (New London, NH) • NH League of Craftsmen (Hanover, NH) • Northern Stage (White River Junction, Vt) • Opera North (Lebanon, NH) • Pentangle Arts (Woodstock, Vt) • Tip Top Pottery (Lebanon, NH) • Upper Valley Music Center (Lebanon, NH)
Family Friendly Activities
Outdoor Activities
• Alpine adventures Zip Lines (Lincoln, NH) • Appalachian Trail, hiking trail (various locations) • Bretton Woods Canopy Tour (Bretton Woods, NH) • Bretton Woods Resort (Bretton Woods, NH) • Brookside Park (Grantham, NH) • Cabin rentals (Hanover, NH) • Canaan St. Lake (Canaan, NH) • Canobie Lake Park (Salem, NH) • Canoeing with Dartmouth rentals (Hanover, NH) • Cranmore Mountain Resort (North Conway, NH) • Dartmouth Map and Compass Bushwhacking (Hanover, NH) • Dog Sledding: Muddy Paw Sled Dog Kennel (Gorham, NH), Peacecups Dog Sledding (Lake Elmore, Vt), Northern Exposure Outfitters Sled Dog Tours (Brooksfield, Ma) • Elizabeth’s Park (Bradford, Vt) • Fore U Golf and Ice Cream (West Lebanon, NH) • Golf: Hanover Country Club at Dartmouth (Hanover, NH), Montcalm Golf Club (Enfield, NH), Quechee Club (Quechee, Vt), Woodstock Country Club (Woodstock, Vt), Mount Morey Resort (Fairlee, Vt), John P. Larkin Country Club (Windsor, Vt), Eastman Golf Links (Grantham, NH) • Great River Outfitters (Windsor, Vt) • Green Woodlands Mountain Bike (Lyme, NH) • Gunstock Adventures (Gilford, NH) • Hiking Gile Mountain (Norwich, Vt) • Horseback riding: Brookside Farm, Dartmouth Riding (Morton Farm), Lazy Pony Farm, Lunar Hill Icelandics, Kedron Valley Stable • Huntley Meadows Park (Norwich, Vt) • Kid friendly hikes in NH, under 1 mile • King Arthur Flour, trails (Norwich, Vt) • Ledyard Canoe Club (Hanover, NH) • Local Lakes: Mascoma Lake, Squam Lake, Lake Sunapee, Winnipesaukee, Lake Moray • Loon Mountain Resort (Lincoln, NH) • Monkey Trunks Zip Line (Chocorua, NH; Weirs Beach, NH; Saco, Me) • Mountain Biking (Upper Valley area) Rentals (Hanover, NH) • Mt. Cardigan (Canaan, NH) • Mt. Cube (Orford, NH) • Mt. Moosilauke (Benton, NH) • Mt. Sunapee Adventure Park (Newbury, NH) • Mt. Tom (Woodstock, Vt) • Northern Rail Trail (Various start locations) • Paradise Park, trails (Windsor, Vt) • Pine Park Hill, trails (Hanover, NH) • Polar Caves (Rumney, NH) • Quechee Mini Golf (Quechee, Vt) • Quechee State Park camping (Quechee, Vt) • Six Flags Great Escape (Agawam, Ma) • Stowe Adventure, Zipline, ropes course, gondola ride, climbing wall, toll road (Stowe, Vt) • Storr’s Pond Recreation Center (Hanover, NH) • Storyland (Glen, NH) Family Friendly Activities
• Treasure Island, lake (Fairlee, Vt) • Tweed River Tubing (Stockbridge, Vt) • Upper Valley Mountain Bike Association (Lebanon, NH) • Vermont Institute of Natural Science (Quechee, Vt) • Waterville Resort (Waterville Valley, NH) • White Lake Speedway (Tamworth, NH)
Indoor Activities
• Ben and Jerry’s Factory Tour (Waterbury Center, Vt) • Chess, club (Hanover, NH) • Claremont Cinema 6 (Claremont, NH) • Claremont Community Center (Claremont, NH) • Coop Learning Center, cooking classes (Lebanon, NH) • Entertainment Cinemas (West Lebanon, NH) • Family Fun Zone Arcade + Bounce House (Claremont, NH) • Fairleee Drive-In (Fairlee, Vt) • Flying Monkey (Plymouth, NH) • Glass Blowing at Simon Pearce (Quechee, Vt) • Green Mountain Railroad (Burlington, Vt or Chester, Vt) • Hanover Bounce House (Hanover, NH) • Hopkins Center (Hanover, NH) • Jay Peak Indoor Water Park (Jay, Vt) • Kahuna Laguna Indoor Water Park, Red Jacket Resort (North Conway, NH) • King Arthur Flour, cooking classes (Norwich, Vt) • Lebanon CCBA (Lebanon, NH) • Mount Washington Cog Railway (Bretton Woods, NH) • Nugget Theater (Hanover, NH) • Quechee Gorge Village, (Quechee, Vt) • Prudent Living Train at Lavalley Building Supply (West Lebanon, NH) • River Valley Swim Club (Lebanon, NH) • Story Times (various town in Upper Valley) • The Family Place, play groups (Norwich, Vt) • Woodstock Town Hall Theater (Woodstock, Vt)
Athletics
• Dartmouth Athletics (Hanover, NH) • Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center (Taftsville, Vt) • Horseback riding: Brookside Farm, Dartmouth Riding (Morton Farm), Lazy Pony Farm, Lunar Hill Icelandics, Kedron Valley Stable • James Campion III Ice Skating Rink (Hanover, NH) • Lebanon Adult Slow Pitch Softball League (Lebanon, NH) Family Friendly Activities
• Lebanon CCBA (Lebanon, NH) • Lightning Soccer Club • Local Rec Departments, Hanover, NH; Norwich, Vt • Northern Lights Gymnastics (White River Junction, Vt) • River Valley Swim Club (Lebanon, NH) • Rock Climbing (Rutland, Vt) • Skating Rink (Woodstock, Vt) • Swim Clinics (Hanover, NH) • Upper Valley Aquatic Center, indoor pool and water slides, (White River Jct., Vt) • Wendell A. Barwood Arena (White River Junction, Vt)
Seasonal
• Apple picking in Fall: Poverty Lane Orchards, Riverview Farm, Patch Orchards, Edgewater Farm, and more • Apples & Crafts fair (Woodstock, Vt) • Arrowhead Recreation Area (Claremont, NH) • Cross-Country and Snowshoe Locations: Vermont, New Hampshire • Cross Country Skiing (Hanover, NH) • Eastman Cross Country Ski Center (Grantham, NH) • Fairs (Norwich, Tunbridge, etc.) • Great River Outfitters (Windsor, Vt) • Green Woodlands Cross Country Ski (Lyme, NH) • Ice Castles (North Woodstock, NH) • Ice skating on the Green: Newport, NH and Norwich,Vt • Maple Sugaring in Spring: Sugarbush Farm, Mac’s Maple, Silloway Maple, and more • Mount Washington Cruises (Laconia, NH) • Northern Extreme Snowmobiling (Bartlett and Bretton Woods, NH) • Santa’s Village (Jefferson, NH) • Sharon Trading Post, Water tubing rentals (Sharon, Vt) • Ski/snowboard: Dartmouth Skiway, Killington, Stowe, Stratton, Mt. Snow, Okemo, Sunapee, Whaleback Ski Area, Brenton Woods, Suicide Six, Loon Mountain, Jay Peak, Gunstock Mountain, Magic Mountain, Smuggler’s Notch, Burke Mountain, Mad River Glen (Skiing only), Sugarbush, Bromley, Ascutney, Wildcat, Attitash, Storrs Hill • Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross Country Ski • Snowshoe Rentals (Hanover, NH) • Snow Tubing: Cranmore Mountain Resort (North Conway, NH), Mount Washington Resort (Bretton Woods, NH), Gunstock (Gilford, NH), King Pine (Madison, NH), Loon Mountain (Lincoln, NH), Great Glen Trails & Outdoor Center (Gorham, NH), Magic Mountain (Londonderry, Vt), Mount Snow (Dover, Vt), Waterville Resort (Waterville Valley, NH), Granite Gorge (Keene, NH), Pats Peak (Henniker, NH), Ragged Mountain (Danbury, NH) • Strawberry picking: Edgewater Farm, Cedar Circle Farm and Education Center, Riverview Farm, Peachblow Farm, Lincoln Farm, Rossview Farm, and more • Summer/Fall Farmers Markets (Lebanon, NH; Hanover, NH; Norwich, Vt) • Woodstock Inn Nordic Center (Woodstock, Vt) • Tweed River Tubing (Stockbridge, Vt) • Woodstock’s Market on the Green (Woodstock, NH) Family Friendly Activities
Summer Camps (including sports-related)
• Aloha Camp for Girls (Fairlee, Vt) • Aloha Hive for Girls (Fairlee, Vt) • American Dance Training Camp (Stratton, Vt) • Artistree (South Pomfret, Vt) • Ava Gallery (Lebanon, NH) • Bethany Birches Camp (Plymouth, Vt) • Billings Farm Vet Camp (Woodstock, Vt) • Bob Whalen Baseball Camp (Hanover, NH) • Brown Ledge Camp (Burlington, Vt) • Buddy Teevens Football Camp (Hanover, NH) • Carter Community Building Association (Lebanon, NH) • Camp Abnaki (North Hero, Vt) • Camp Akeela (Thetford Center, Vt) • Camp Allen, for children with physical disabilities (Bedford, NH) • Camp Beehive (Lebanon, NH) • Camp Birchmont (Wolfeboro, NH) • Camp Blue Sky Family Weekend, Down Syndrome community (Dover, NH) • Camp CCBA (Lebanon, NH) • Camp Farnsworth (Thetford Center, Vt) • Camp Fit-N-Fun (Lebanon, NH) • Camp Kaleidoscope Day Camp (Lebanon, NH) • Camps Kenwood and Evergreen for Boys and Girls (Wilmot, NH and Sharon, Ma) • Camp Lochearn for Girls (Post Mills, Vt) • Camp Sunapee (Springfield, NH) • CATV Video Camp (White River Junction, Vt) • Cedar Circle Farm Summer Day Camp and Family Education Programs (East Thetford, Vt) • Chad Kids; Camp Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hubert Outdoor Center (Fairlee, Vt) • Coyote Hill Bike Camp (Hanover, NH) • Creative Lives Summer Camps (Thetford, Vt) • Crossroads Academy (Lyme, NH) • Dartmouth College Volleyball Camp (Hanover, NH) • Dartmouth Sports Camps (Hanover, NH) • Elite Hockey Camps (Hanover, NH) • Elite Soccer Camps- Boys (Hanover, NH) • Elite Soccer Camps- Girls (Hanover, NH) • Elite Softball Camp (Hanover, NH) • Evergreen Rowing Camp (Hanover, NH) • Farm and Wilderness Camp (Plymouth, Vt) • First Choice Riding Camp (Enfield, NH) • Go Green Basketball Camp (Hanover, NH) • Gold Medal Running Camp (Hanover, NH) • HACTC Summer Tech Camp (White River Junction, Vt) • Hanover Country Club (Hanover, NH) Family Friendly Activities
• Hansi Wiens Squash Camp (Hanover, NH) • Haven Summer Camp (White River Junction, Vt) • Horizons Co-ed Day Camp and Ohana Family Camp (Fairlee, Vt) • Iron Pine Lacrosse (Hanover, NH) • Justin Morrill Homestead (Stafford, Vt) • Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, NH) • KJ Tennis Camp (Hanover, NH) • Lanakila Camp for Boys (Fairlee, Vt) • League of NH Craftsmen (Hanover, NH) • Lego Engineering Summer Camp (Lebanon, NH) • Lightning Soccer Club (Norwich, Vt) • Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society (West Windsor, Vt) • Montshire Summer Camps (Norwich, Vt) • Mountain Dog Lacrosse Camp (Hanover, NH) • Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures (Wallingford, Vt) • North Stage Camp (White River Junction, Vt) • Northern Lights Gymnastics (White River Junction, Vt) • Okinawan Karate Academy (Lebanon, NH) • Peak Field Hockey Camps (Hanover, NH) • Pentangle Performing Arts Camp (Woodstock, Vt) • Pine Hoops Academy (Hanover, NH) • Putney Summer School (Putney, Vt) • Squam Lake Natural Science Center (Holderness, NH) • Storrs Pond (Hanover, NH) • Summer Outdoor Adventure (Lebanon, NH) • Upper Valley Aquatic Center (White River Junction, Vt) • Upper Valley Swim Camp (Hanover, NH) • Vermont Adventure Tours (Rutland, Vt) • Vermont Over Night Summer Camps • Ventures Day Camp (Hartford, Vt) • VINS Nature Camp (Quechee, Vt) • Windridge Tennis & Sports Camp (Roxbury, Vt) • WOW! Science Summer Camp Camp (Lebanon, NH)
Activity Calendars
• Upper Valley Community Calendar • Vermont Calendar of Events • New Hampshire Calendar of Events • Dartmouth After Hours • Meet Up Upper Valley