Mountain View Farm

When the Dodge family opened their doors to guests in 1865, Mountain View Grand was a working farm producing much of its own food. As you visit the farm today and view our orchard, pastures, and farm animals, you will begin to feel a connection to our New Hampshire agricultural past.

Working Farm

We are still a working farm, with a focus today on raising fiber producing animals. Our unique Mountain View Farm Blend yarn is created from the wool of our Romney, Leicester Longwool, Babydoll Southdown, CVM Romeldale, Finnsheep and Suffolk/Border Leicester sheep along with fiber from our angora goats, llamas, alpacas, and angora rabbits. Our yarn may be purchased at Provisions, in the lobby, or mornings at our fiber studio in the barn.

Mountain View Farm is open to resort guests daily from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Farm Activities

For daily farm activities and current times, please visit our Activities Calendar.

Daily Activities Calendar

Mountain View Farm Open House

Start your day with a visit to our working fiber farm! View the chickens and ducks as they waddle out of their coop at exactly 8:30 am, then check to see if they laid any eggs to collect for our chef. A farmer will be on hand throughout the Open House to introduce you to our goats and sheep as well as answer questions about our llamas, alpacas, rabbits and yarn-making process. There are many things to view, feel, and read throughout the barn. You may wish to visit our small barn shop where we sell our farm blend yarn (made from our llama, alpaca, goat, rabbit and sheep fibers), needle and wet felted items, alpaca insoles and other fiber items. Items purchased at the farm are charged to your room.

Year Round • For All Ages Daily • 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Please Note: Our staff monitors the daily nutritional needs of our animals; please do not expect to be able to feed them. Restrooms are not available at the farm.

Meet the Farmer

Join our farmer in the barnyard for a half hour educational tour of our working fiber farm. You’ll meet a hen up close, visit the duck and chicken coop, learn about our many breeds of sheep, pet the goats inside their pen, feel samples of our five types of animal fiber, and say “good morning” to our rabbits, alpacas and llamas. Questions are encouraged as you learn about our farm animals, their personalities and ways to interact with them.

Year Round • For All Ages Daily • 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Please Note: Certain farm activities, such as collecting eggs, are for guests 5 and older. Our staff monitors the daily nutritional needs of our animals; please do not expect to be able to feed them. Restrooms are not available at the farm.

Fiber Craft for Kids

Join us down at the Mountain View Grand Farm for a fun craft made with wool! We will create a beautiful piece of hanging wall art with glass beads and handmade felted wool beads that we will craft together! Children 7 and up are welcome! Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Year Round • Children Ages 7 and Up • 4 Participant Capacity • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $25 per Person*

Needle Felting Workshop

Learn a new skill and make some new friends while you turn raw wool into an adorable creation to bring home. Our projects vary by the season, but the technique is the same. To turn our raw wool into felt you’ll be using a felting needle, your creativity and some patience.

Year Round • Ages 16 and Up • 4 Participant Capacity • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $25 per Person*

Wet & Needle Felting Workshop

Our introduction to felting covers the basics of wet felting and needle felting to hopefully inspire you to further pursue this craft. You will be using raw wool and warm water to felt over two bars of soap. Afterward, you will use a felting needle and your own creativity to add designs to your damp creations!

Year Round • Ages 16 and Up • 4 Participant Capacity • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $25 per Person*

Wool Painting Workshop

This is an introductory class to the art of felting. Choose from one of our four designs and use raw wool, felting needles and an embroidery hoop to create a small felted "painting" to take home.

Year Round • Ages 16 and Up • 6 Participant Capacity • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $25 per Person*

Felted Cat Toy Workshop

We’ll show you how use raw wool, a felting needle, some patience, and your creativity to make two adorable kitty toys. Your feline friends will be surprised you’ve hidden some catnip inside!

Year Round • Ages 16 and Up • 6 Participant Capacity • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $25 per Person*

Private Arm-Knitting Workshop

Learn to knit without knitting needles...use only your arms and fingers to create a bulky, soft acrylic scarf to take home. Workshop includes a choice of yarn colors and private instruction, for you, or you and a friend.

Year Round • Ages 16 and Up • Reservations Required (Reserve at the Lobby Front Desk) • $35 per Person* • Max 2 people per workshop

Apple Cider Making

Celebrate autumn by helping us make apple cider in the barnyard with our farm’s own cider press. We use a mixture of “drop apples” from our orchard and other local farms, then sample the delicious finished juice.

Seasonal - Fall • For All Ages

Maple Syrup Talk

Celebrate the early signs of spring by learning how maple syrup is made. Not only will you be able to taste local delicious syrup, we’ll also hike down the trail a bit to visit one of our sugar maple tree taps and sample the sap in nature’s raw form.

Seasonal - Spring • For All Ages

Bird Talk

Whether you have ducks or chickens already, or are just curious about raising them, this talk is for you. You will meet some of our flock up close, take a look at their coop, and have all your questions answered.

Year Round • For All Ages

Introduction to Wet Felting

Come join our small, friendly class where you will learn to make two felted bowls to take home with you, by using only raw wool, soap and warm water.

Year Round • Ages 12 and Up • 6 Participant Capacity • No Reservations Required • $25 per Person*

Farm Photo Gallery

Enjoy Local Products

The Mountain View Grand Resort works closely with many local farms. Almost all of our produce, cooking ingredients, and products come from local New Hampshire and Vermont farms.