Activities, dining, shopping:
Ascutney, VT (4 miles)
Claremont, NH (7 miles)
Windsor, VT (8 miles)
West Lebanon, NH (20 miles)
Hanover, NH (27 miles)
Alpine Skiing:
Mt Ascutney (8 miles)
Okemo (25 miles)
Dartmouth Skiway (30 miles)
Killington (35 miles)
Nordic Skiing:
Mulitple local areas, plus golf courses and touring centers
Golf:
Crown Point, Springfield VT (10 miles)
Windsor Country Club (8 miles)
Hanover Country Club (28 miles)
Hiking:
Wilgus State Park (1 mile)
Mount Ascutney (6 miles)
The Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail and the Green Mountains
Biking:
Multiple pleasant road-biking and mountain biking routes that you can take right from the house, some quite flat along the lightly-travelled Old Connecticut River Road and others more hilly around Mount Ascutney.
Hospitals:
Mount Ascutney (9 miles)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (30 miles)