The Samuel Fitch House, Westford, Massachusetts

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Local Activities & Restaurants

Favorite Local Activities:

• Concord Bike Tours with Sue Merlino
• Kimballs Farm - Ice Cream, minigolf, pitch & putt, bumper boats
• 18 hole golf at Groton Country Club, Stow Acres Country Club
• Concord, MA
• Children's Discovery Museum
• Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
• Dinner boat ride on the Concord River, Martha's Catering
• Swan Boats and Duck Tours in Boston
• Birding at Local Wildlife Centers
• Swimming at Walden Pond, home of Henry David Thoreau
• Horseback riding at Bobby's Ranch or Volo Farm
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Strawbery Banke Museum
• Plimouth Plantation
• Portsmouth, NH
• Gloucester and Rockport - America's oldest seaport and art gallery
• Local Art Galleries:
  • Powers Gallery
  • Margaret Geanisis
  • Museum of Fine Arts
  • Worcester Art Museum
  • New England Quilt Museum
• Hiking trails, bike paths, and canoe rentals:
  • Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge
  • Mass Audubon
  • Minuteman Bikeway
  • The Freedom Trail
  • Local bike trail maps available at The Samuel Fitch House

Spring Favorites:

• April 19th Parade and Reinactment of Battle at the Old North Bridge in Concord
• Historic Walking Tour of Concord
• On/Off road biking tour of historic Concord and Lexington
• A day in Boston, Old Ironsides, walk the Freedom Trail, Take a Duck Tour or trolley tour, Ride the Swan Boats
• A day at Historic Sturbridge Village
• A day at Historic Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH

Summer Favorites ~ Day Trips (within 2 hours of travel):

• Ogunquit Beach, Maine trolley tour harbor cruise
• Rockport Art Galleries
• Gloucester Beaches/Historic Marblehead Mass
• Mansion Tours in Newport, Rhode Island
• Tour of Seaport in Mystic Connecticut
• Plum Island Bird Sanctuary
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• Boston Science Museum
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• Children's Museum in Boston
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Theatre District in Boston - Shubert Theatre, Wang Center

Fall Favorites:

• Fall foliage tours customized to seasonal color
• Apple, Pumpkin Picking
• Nashoba Valley Winery
• Concord Bike Tours with Sue Merlino
• Fall Harvest Weekends
• Learn to "freeze to bake later" the perfect pies/ can fresh garden vegetables and dry garden herbs for the winter
• Custom Art weekends learn to hand color black and white photos watercolors, paint your own home, or take a private art lesson have a private flying lesson
• Worcester Art Museum
• Bike adventures - Choose from a 90 mile ride up Mount Wachusett or a slower paced historical 35 mile ride through Historic Concord center.
• Cross country skiing/snowshoeing at Great Brook Farm
• Host your club/organization in front of our fire
• Have book club meet for a weekend getaway let us help choose a book re: New England, History, famous authors etc.

Restaurants:

• Nashoba Valley Winery
• Filho's Cucina Inc.
• Gibbet Hill Grill
• Le Lyonnais Restaurant
• The Herb Lyceum at Gilson's
• Scupper Jacks
• The Outlook Restaurant
• Longfellow's Wayside Inn

Contact us for further assistance in choosing from the numerous restaurants and activities in the area.