Discover Your Vermont

The Old Tavern is now the Grafton Inn! The same wonderful place. The same exceptional service. The same great experience. But with a new name to honor the delightful Vermont village we call home.

Choose Your Adventure

From Nordic skiing to mountain biking and more, you’ll find active fun on 2,000 acres of amazing trails and grounds at Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center.

Savor the Seasons

Every season offers yet another reason to discover new experiences and rekindle favorite memories.

Set Your Own Pace

Surround yourself in the peace of a simpler life and indulge in the joys of a snowshoe trek, or an evening by the fire with a favorite book.

Experience Grafton

Memorable moments await you – from hands-on cheese making and blacksmithing to galleries sure to delight the mind and spirit.

Grafton Forge Blacksmithing

Super Bowl Party at Phelps Barn

By • January 24, 2012 • Events • Leave a comment

The 2008 Super Bowl match-up returns with the New England Patriots vs. the New York Giants! Join us on Sunday, February 5, starting at 5 p.m. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Our flatscreen TV and our TV upstairs in the loft will be tuned into FOOTBALL! Vermont draft beer specials Flatbread pizzas and our pub [...]

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Grafton Ponds Outdoor Ctr. OPEN for the winter season.

By • January 18, 2012 • Events • Leave a comment

  Enjoy Winter at Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center. Snow-loving visitors should contact the Grafton Ponds information line at 802-843-2400 or visit www.graftonponds.com for the most updated trail conditions/rate information. Nordic skiing for all abilities. Snowshoeing. Wine & Cheese Snowshoe Tours (every Saturday) Tubing. Weekly Biathlon Races (every Saturday). Excellent special events. Full base lodge. Lessons. [...]

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Grafton Inn’s Music Calendar

By • January 16, 2012 • Events • Leave a comment

Grafton Inn Concert Series The Grafton Inn concert series has been revived thanks to generous donations by Grafton Inn guests and Grafton residents through the Grafton Fund, a giving program of the Windham Foundation. Concerts are held at Phelps Barn, unless otherwise noted.  Download our latest music calendar.   Sunday, February 12 Hot Mustard, ‘rippin’ [...]

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