A farm stay on your Vermont vacation is a fun family lodging adventure

You can visit a farm and pet the cows – or you can stay at a farm and milk the cows! At the Liberty Hill Farm & Inn, they’re known for so many things: unbelievably delicious home-cooked breakfasts and dinners, warm Rochester, VT hospitality, comfortable lodgings, and providing the kinds of experiences that keep visitors coming back every year. Try your hand at milking one of the Holsteins, bottle-feed a calf, cuddle with the barn’s kittens. Grab a basket and pick berries or veggies from the garden. Go swimming and fishing in the warm weather; in winter, bring your snowshoes or skis and take to its endless trails or build a snowman (come back inside for cocoa and cookies). At night, sit on the porch and watch the stars come out.

A bucolic setting on 472 acres of meadows, hills, ponds and forests, Wild Trails Farm offers guests a personal sanctuary where they can interact with the beautiful natural setting. Prominent practitioners in healing arts from yoga and massage to sound healing, mindfulness and meditation are available for individual and group retreats. At the farm, you can stroll the grounds, eating fruit from the orchards and berry patches as well as vegetables from the garden; hike, bike or ski a 20-kilometer network of trails detailed on an exclusive mobile GPS app; play on bocce and volleyball courts; or relax on the screened-in porch or stone patios with firepits. The modern lodge features six spacious, comfortable bedrooms with peaceful meadow, mountain and valley views, as well as common areas. A continental breakfast is served daily.