Saratoga Springs activities that will keep you occupied if you so desire.

Saratoga Spas and Mineral Baths: Please visit our Saratoga Springs page for additional information.

Horses: This is horse country! The Saratoga Track is 1/2 hour by car, 3 hours on horseback. Riding stables are nearby.

Many restaurants, coffee houses, and homemade ice-cream shops are nearby in Saratoga Springs, Greenwich, the towns and villages in Battenkill Valley and Cambridge, NY!

Covered Bridges: Visit 6 covered bridges nearby, dating from 1858-1879. Most can be driven across, one is a museum.

Foliage Season: The Lower Adirondack / Lake George / Saratoga region produces delightful colors and hues just around each bend in the road every autumn. Avoid the crowds (and high prices) in Vermont - come see foliage with us on our back roads, along our streams and while hiking in our woods. Don't forget your camera and film!

The Hyde Collection located in Glens Falls, NY offers an important collection of European Old Master and American works of art. Artists in this collection include: Botticelli, da Vinci, Tintoretto, El Greco, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Tirpolo, Boucher, Fragonard, Ingres, as well as modern works by such masters as Degas, Renior, Cezanne, van Gogh and Picasso. American artists represented include Eakins, Homer, Vedder, Peto, Hassam, Whistler, Thayer and Ryder.

Don't miss a visit to beautiful Washington County. It is just 3.5 hours from New York City, 3 hours to Boston, 2 hours to Lake Placid, and 1 hour to Lake George. You will be welcome!

Seasonal Activities in Saratoga Springs, Washinton County and the towns & villages of the Battenkill Valley

SUMMER
• Hike our 30 acres of woodlands, Merck Forest and others
• Golf and tennis nearby
• Horseback riding and polo matches
• Antiquing in Cambridge
• Cruise Lake George
• Theater, opera, ballet and concerts at Saratoga Performing Arts Center
• Washington County Fair
• Adirondack Mountain Park
• Saratoga National Historic Park
• Thouroughbred horse racing in August
• Canal Tours

FALL
• Fall foliage from Country Life B&B
• Apple picking on the property or at Saratoga Apple
• Wine Tours
• Jazz weekends
• Balloon fests
• Canal Tours

WINTER
• Ski at Willard Mountain - 10 minute drive
• Ski at Gore Mountain or others less than an hour away
• Candlelight house tour
• Victorian Street Walk
• Ice Fish or Ice Skate
• Cross Country and Snow shoe on our own fields & woodlands

SPRING
• Maple Sugaring - watch it being made and purchase pure maple syrup
• Trout fishing in the Battenkill
• Whitewater raft on the Hudson and Sacandaga Rivers
• Shop the outlets in Manchester or Lake George
• Tour of the Battenkill - the largest bike race in the U.S.