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, greenhouse, gardens, and farm animals, you will begin to feel a connection to our New Hampshire agricultural past.
We are still a working farm, with a focus today on raising fiber producing animals and a variety of herbs and vegetables. Our unique Mountain View Farm Blend yarn is created from the wool of our Romney, Leicester Longwool, Babydoll Southdown, CVM Romeldale, 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 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
*Workshops are charged to your guest room. Please note the barn does not take cash or credit cards.
For daily farm activities and current times, please visit our Activities Calendar.
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: 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.
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
Join us for a discussion of the wildlife that live here in New Hampshire’s Great North Woods. Learn about the animals you may encounter, what their seasonal behavior and habits are, and where to best view these fascinating creatures.
Year Round • For All Ages
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 • 6 Participant Capacity • No Reservations Required • $25 per Person*
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 • 6 Participant Capacity • No Reservations Required • $25 per Person*
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
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
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
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*
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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.
