continued from New York Winter Vacations: Out-of-state but within 3-4 Hours Drive from NYC:
- Smugglers Notch
"A winter vacation at Smugglers' is the most fun your children will ever have - we guarantee it." 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, canoe trips. Fall Foliage season brings nice price discounts.
- Trapp Family Lodge, Vermont
A 2700-acre year-round resort near Stowe; and, yes, run by the same Trapp family as in Sound of Music. This place has rooms, suites, and Guest Houses, and-- guess what-- Austrian ambiance. Cross-country skiing is a specialty; also in winter, there's snowshoeing, sleighrides, maple sugaring, Mountain Kids Club.
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Hershey PA:
3 hours from NYC, near Amish country, "Chocolate Town USA" has a family-friendly rambling Lodge and historic hotel, HersheyPark (open in December as "Christmas Candyland", and many fun holiday packages.
