Walk through a fern-laced hardwood forest below Mount Equinox and into the 900-acre Equinox Preserve, teeming with rare plants and diverse wildlife • A hiking tour through Vermont’s Merck Forest and Farmland Center reveals sweeping vistas of the Taconic Mountains • Visit the historic village of Manchester, known for its stately homes and manicured lawns • In the 1860s, Manchester was the vacation destination for Abraham Lincoln’s family • Taste maple syrup and learn the fine art of sugarmaking at Havoc Hill Sugar House.

Spend the morning exploring scenic Hildene, a bucolic southern Vermont estate with walking trails weaving through stunning meadows and forests and see multiple historic buildings and a Georgian Revival mansion built by Lincoln’s son • Watch for wild turkeys while walking on historic carriage roads in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park • Sugar maples, 400-year-old hemlocks, bridges and wide-open pastureland make it a superb place to meander on foot • Hike gentle switchbacks to the top of Mount Tom, drinking in the sight of Woodstock below you as the Green Mountains rise in the distance • Admire a bird’s-eye view of storybook homes, steepled churches and the Middle Covered Bridge, nestled amid the green and gold valley • Relax at our mountain retreat surrounded by the foliage of Green Mountain National Forest.