location

Savage Hart Farm is ideally located for anyone who wants to visit or stay in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River - eastern Vermont and western New Hampshire. Two hours from Boston, three hours from Portland, 4.5 hours from New York City, with easy access to Interstates 89 and 91.

Centrally located in the Upper Valley, Savage Hart Farm is less than a thirty minute drive from several towns:

White River Junction, VT - 5 miles
West Lebanon, NH - 5 miles
Hanover, NH - 6 miles
Norwich, VT - 7 miles
Lebanon, NH - 9 miles
Quechee, VT - 9 miles
Woodstock, VT - 17 miles
Windsor, VT - 20 miles

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nearby attractions

Norwich Farmers Market – Saturdays, May through October; 4 miles
Appalachian Trail head – West Hartford; 5 miles
King Arthur Flour – bakery store, café, and baking school; 5 miles
Upper Valley Aquatic Center – White River Junction; 5 miles
Dan & Whit’s and Norwich Inn – Norwich; 6 miles
Montshire Museum of Science – Norwich; 6 miles
Dartmouth College – Hanover; 6 miles
Hanover Country Club – golf; 7 miles
Quechee, Quechee Gorge, Simon Pearce, Balloons of Vermont (hot air balloon rides), Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival (Father's Day Weekend)
– Queechee; 9 miles

Vermont Institute of Nature Center and Nature Store; 9 miles
Suicide Six Ski Area – Pomfret; 14 miles
Woodstock, Billings Farm and Museum, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock Inn (golf); 17 miles
Harpoon Brewery – Windsor; 17 miles
Tunbridge World’s Fair (every September); 21 miles
The Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival; Oct 3 & 4 in Tunbridge; 21 miles
Dartmouth Skiway – Lyme; 21 miles
Long Trail Brewing Company – Bridgewater; 25 miles
Mount Ascutney State Park (hiking, camping); 27 miles
Cardigan Mountain State Park (hiking) – Orange; 28 miles
Mount Sunapee Resort – Newbury; 36 miles
Killington Resort; 37 miles
Okemo Mountain Resort – Ludlow; 45 miles

activities

Hiking

Dartmouth Outing Club - this site gives directions to/for 10 local hikes
Upper Valley Trails Alliance - search for trails by Town
Appalachian Trail - a 9.3 mile section of the AT runs just north of Savage Hart Farm, trail heads in West Hartford & Norwich

Biking

Upper Valley Loop Trail - 16 mile loop through Hartford, Norwich, Hanover, and Lebanon
Northern Rail Trail here - 52 mile trail with its western end in downtown Lebanon, click to get directions to the trail head

Golf

Hanover Country Club - Hanover, NH; 7 miles
Carter Country Club - Lebanon, NH; 8 miles
Woodstock Country Club - Woodstock, VT; 17 miles
JP Larkin Country Club - Windsor, VT; 19 miles
Eastman Golf Links - Grantham, NH; 24 miles
Lake Morey Resort - Fairlee, VT; 25 miles
Bradford Golf Club - Bradford, VT; 30 miles
Claremont Country Club - Claremont, NH; 30 miles
Montague Golf Club - Randolph, VT; 31 miles
Twin Lakes Village - New London, NH; 33 miles
Newport Golf Club - Newport, NH; 35 miles
Killington Golf Course - Killington, VT; 36 miles
Ragged Mountain Resort - Danbury, NH; 41 miles

Tennis

Hartford High School - 37 Highland Avenue - has 4 courts
Girard Field in Norwich - off Turnpike Road - has 4 courts
Erwin Clifford Park in West Hartford - Recreation Drive off Quechee West Hartford Road - has 1 court

Parks

Storrs Pond in Hanover has a swimming pool, four tennis courts, basketball, hiking trails, and of course a pond. Daily rates are charged.

restaurants

While we love our home cooking, we like to sample local restaurants/bars/brew pubs. We haven't been to all these, and we try to keep up on openings and closings. Call before you go!

White River Junction:

Big Fatty's BBQ (our favorite local BBQ)
Elixir Restaurant and Lounge (our favorite local restaurant). Sit at the bar and introduce yourself to Sean the bartender.
Phnom Penh Sandwich Station
River Roost Brewery
Thyme - formerly Tip Top Cafe
TRAIL BREAK taps + tacos
tuckerbox a coffee shop by day and a Turkish restaurant by night
Wicked Awesome BBQ
Wolf Tree cocktail bar, new in late 2019

Quechee:

Simon Pearce

Lebanon:

Woodstock:

Cloudland Farm Thursday, Friday, Saturday - fixed menu, BYOB
Melaza Bistro
The Prince and The Pauper
The White Cottage - we discovered this in August of 2015. A nice snack bar/drive-in with a substantial menu right on Rte. 4 in West Woodstock. Nice views of the Outtaquechee River (a nice wading spot). Open early May to Columbus Day. Good burgers!
Worthy Kitchen

Other Notables:

Ariana's Restaurant at the Lyme Inn - Lyme, NH
Inn at Pleasant Lake - New London, NH
Juniper Hill Inn - Windsor, VT
Peyton Place Restaurant - Orford, NH
Stella's - Lyme, NH
Stone Soup Restaurant - Strafford, VT
Worthy Burger - South Royalton, VT (our first guests told us about this - our favorite burger place!). Lots of great beers on tap.

entertainment & shopping

Theaters

Entertainment Cinemas - Lebanon
Fairlee Drive In - Fairlee, VT
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College - Hanover
Lebanon Opera House - Lebanon
Northern Stage Theater – White River Junction
Nugget Theaters - Hanover
Opera North - Lebanon
Pentangle Arts Council/Town Hall Theatre - Woodstock
Tupelo Music Hall - White River Junction

Museums/Galleries

AVA Gallery and Art Center - Lebanon, NH
Collective - Woodstock
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College - Hanover
League of N.H. Craftsmen - Hanover
The Woodstock Gallery - Woodstock

Farmers' Markets

Norwich - Saturdays, 9 am - 1pm, US Route 5 South
Hanover - Wednesdays, 3 pm - 6 pm, Dartmouth Green
Lebanon - Thursdays, 3 pm - 7 pm; Colburn Park
Woodstock Market on the Green - Wednesdays, 3 pm - 6 pm
Hartland - Fridays 4 pm - 7 pm, Hartland Public Library Fields

Groceries

Co-Op Food Stores - locations in White River Junction, Hanover, and Lebanon
Upper Valley Food Cooperative - White River Junction
Dan & Whit's - Norwich
Hannaford - West Lebanon
Shaw's - West Lebanon
Price Chopper - West Lebanon
Singleton's Market - Quechee (smoked meats, sausage, bacon)
Woodstock Farmers' Market - Woodstock ("a very busy, crazy, year round market of fantastic food")