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  • Adams Farm: ~45 minute drive from campus (27 Miles). About $13/adult; $8/child 2-12. Activities include: pony ride, goat milking, bottle-feed lambs and piglets, cuddle with the bunnies, sheep herding demonstration.
  • Ashville Game Farm and Exotic Zoo: ~45 minute drive from campus. Daily rate for adults: $9; for children under 12: $7. Open 10-5 every day.
  • Bennington Fish Hatchery. ~15 minute drive from campus (on South Stream Rd, Bennington). Hours: 8-3:30 every day.
  • Off-Campus Trips - Bennington Chamber Music FamiliesBromley Mountain Thrill Zone: ~45 minute drive from campus (30 miles). All-day pass: $29 (can also pay by ride). Open 10:30-5 every day. Known for its alpine slide, but other attractions include zip line, massive trampolines, climbing wall, giant swing, mini-golf.
  • Dairy Bar (sells ice cream) ~1 Mile from campus (217 Northside Dr , Bennington, VT).
  • Lake Paran: 15 minute walk/short drive from campus. Daily rate for adults: $3.50; under 18: $1. Open 11-7 every day.
  • Mt. Equinox Hiking
  • Off-Campus Trips - Bennington Chamber Music FamiliesShaftsbury State Park: 10 miles north of Bennington. Daily rate for adults: $3; 3-14 years: $2 Open 10-8 every day. Playground especially popular.
    • My favorite! -Marc
  • Sunset Playland: ~10 minute drive (1487 Harwood Hill Road). $6 for miniature golf; $6 for go-carts. Open until 7:30 every day.
  • Bennington Fish Culture Station Bennington,:Bennington, VermontVT, (802) 447-2844447-2844. www.vtfishandwildlife.com/fisheries_hatcheries.cfm#benningtonBennington FCS, built in 1916, is Vermont's second largest fish culture station. This culture station uses a combination of spring, artesian well, and stream water for raising brook, brown, and rainbow trout. The facility's interesting and informative activities and visitor center make it an attraction for visitors of all ages. Visitors can interact with the fish and possibly get a glimpse of a great blue heron, osprey, otters or mink. The station is located two miles from downtown Bennington on South Stream Road. (From VT govt website.)

See also: http://www.bennington.com/attractions/recreation.html