Cheddar, maple syrup and farm stands, minutes from the door
Mount Holly is farm country. Some of Vermont’s oldest cheesemakers and a handful of family sugarhouses are a short drive from Ten Acres, and a few are close enough to pick up breakfast supplies before the kids wake up.
Farms and cheesemakers
Sfoskett · CC BY-SA 3.0Crowley Cheese
One of the oldest cheesemakers in the country, still making cheddar by hand in a historic wooden factory just down the road.
Plew Farm
A family farm with an on-site farm stand. Pasture-raised pork, beef and poultry, plus maple syrup from their own sugarbush.
Pi3.124 · CC BY-SA 4.0Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Raw-milk cheddar from a factory built in 1890 by President Calvin Coolidge’s father, on the Coolidge historic site.
Local maple syrup
placeuvm · CC BY-SA 2.0Papa John’s Sugar Shack
A family-run sugarhouse with syrup, infused syrups, maple candy, maple sugar and maple cream. Call ahead for hours.
Green Mountain Sugar House
Open year-round, with a gift shop, Vermont cheeses and the maple creemee people drive out of their way for. Sit outside and look over the lakes.
Plew Farm maple
Syrup made each spring from their own sugarbush and sold at the farm stand.
Come in March and watch the boil
When nights freeze and days thaw, the sap runs and the sugarhouses steam. Pair a late-season ski day with a sugarhouse visit and a stack of pancakes at home.
Cook it all in a full kitchen
Bring home cheddar, farm-stand bacon and fresh syrup. The renovated kitchen has an electric range, a dishwasher and an island for the whole family. Also see the country stores guide.
Drive times from the house are estimates. Farm stands and sugarhouses keep seasonal hours, so check before you go.