Retreat Farm

"The farm itself has an amazing store with tons of local farm food available. Cheeses and chips and all kinds of other great things! The store was clean, will maintained, and the staff was extremely helpful. There is also an area with working animals that I did not have time to see on this trip. There are also a fair amount of hiking trails behind the farm, including one that goes up a large ski lift!

If you're looking for way off the grid, super backcountry hiking... This isn't that. Which is perfectly fine because sometimes I just want to go on a nice hike with my dog and feel comfortable being away from people, crowds, roads... Without having to spend the majority of the day driving to and from the trailhead 🙂

There are several well-maintained trails that are well marked throughout the hiking area. The ski lift has a set of maintained stairs that you can climb, or you can work your way uphill throughout the trails and come out of the top. The trails were very wide, and good for groups and families. We went on a Saturday in summer and only saw two other family groups of four, but were never actually near them. Highly recommended, and definitely plan to take my lab Leia hiking there again next year!"

Craig Cummings

"Nice place with plenty of parking. It appears to be wheelchair accessible and has a few bathrooms. There are plenty of games outside for the kids and adults to play like connect for and cornhole. The whole farm is pretty clean and actually really nice. The store was really nice and modern and cold inside for a hot summer day. It was 90°. There are tables outside and it look like people were doing picnics out there in the shade, the store had everything from local Vermont beers to cheese tasting. Everything was reasonable priced. It’s about a 2 Hour Dr. from Boston. We didn’t really see much animals. I saw two donkeys and there were goats in a pen in father back on the property. You can’t really get near them because there’s an electric fence around them. there are hiking trails and there are maps to look at all the trails. The area in the middle between the farms was nice and the grass was long and there was a stage I assume there is more activities during the week and it looks like they also host weddings. If you’re looking for a petting zoo, this wasn’t really yet but if you’re looking for a nice place to relax and enjoy a farm check out this cool nonprofit. Oh yeah and if you can drive around the back of the property, they have one of those ski launch things you know where someone on skis goes flying through the air like 500 feet and lands at the bottom perfectly. I believe it’s called a ski jump super cool."

Abner Bonilla

"Even though online it says they're open, when we arrived, there was a sign on the Farm Market door that said they were closed today. Pretty disappointing, I shoukd have called i guess to verify, but still. My daughter enjoyed the obstacle balance course in the forest playground, but was disappointed that all the shovels and utensils for the mud kitchen were nowhere to be found. The storybook trail was cute, and it kept her going. Only bathrooms here are 2 port-a-potties when the market is closed."

Danielle O'Hara