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Vermont Resorts for Families

Find family-friendly resorts and inns in Vermont, with year-round activities that include snow sports in winter months.

Tyler Place

All inclusive pricing! Tyler Place Family Resort has hosted families for seventy years, with lakeside sports, 165 acres, myriad activities, kids programs for separate ages, Family Retreats (special weeks that combine fun and learning), and reunions.

Smugglers' Notch, in Winter

This popular and award-winning family resort promises "the most fun your children will ever have." Snow season has skiing, boarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, tube sliding, sleigh rides, heated pool, bonfires, fireworks, games nights, indoor FunZone, two Teen clubs. Summer activities include arts, crafts, mountain biking, horse-riding,...

Smugglers' Notch ("Smuggs") in Summer

Smugglers Notch ("Smuggs")in summer: introduction to the many summer activities at this family resort in Vermont

Smuggler's Notch Resort: Summer Visit, Guest Article

This guest article by Tony Conboy III describes a family visit during summer to "Smuggs" (which is about a 50-minute drive from Burlington, Vermont.)

Mountain Top Inn and Resort

Mountain Top is a four-season Vermont inn with 350 acres, located 11 miles from Killington (a downhill ski resort). Activities include a kids camp, lakeside fun, and an Equestrian Center, and x-country ski trails in winter.

Trapp Family Lodge

This 2500-acre year-round Vermont inn is located amid beautiful scenery near Stowe, and is run by the same Trapp family as is featured in the Sound of Music. The resort has rooms, suites, and Guest Houses, and-- guess what-- Austrian ambiance. Cross-country skiing is a speciality.

Vermont Family Camp, at Hulbert Outdoor Center

The Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee Vermont offers many programs, including several "family camps" each year; families can stay in cabin lodgings and enjoy many outdoors activities. Check out the New Year's Eve family camp.

Wildflower Inn

This rambling Vermont inn prides itself on delicious country meals and kids' activities, and often offers seasonal packages such as Autumn Harvest and Winter Carnival.

Stoweflake Mountain Resort

This year-round getaway in Stowe Vermont is popular during snow season, and in summer has an annual hot air balloon festival.

Topnotch Resort & Spa

This four-seasons resort has 120 acres near Stowe, Vermont, in the Green mountains. Guests can choose hotel rooms, suites, or vacation homes. Tennis is a speciality including programs for kids.

Golden Eagle Resort, Stowe Vermont

An affordable option, on 80 acres 1/2 mile from Stowe; walk to shops and restaurants. Many rooms have fireplaces.

Combes Family Inn

A family-friendly B & B near Ludlow VT and Okemo ski resort. Stay at this year-round Vermont inn and enjoy the area's skiing, foliage, or hiking, depending on the time of year. Home cooked meals; great views.

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