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Where to Stay in East Middlebury, VT
East Middlebury sits below Middlebury Gap on Route 125, a few miles east of Middlebury. Waybury Inn, in a building that dates to 1810, has 14 rooms, a restaurant and a pub, and its exterior appeared as the Stratford Inn in the 1980s television series Newhart. It sits by the Middlebury River. Middlebury, about 6 miles west, has the college, restaurants and shops. Route 125 east climbs into the Green Mountain National Forest and over Middlebury Gap toward the Mad River Valley, past the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail and Middlebury College's Bread Loaf campus.
Why Stay in East Middlebury, VT
- •Waybury Inn occupies a building from 1810, with a restaurant and a pub.
- •Route 125 access puts the Middlebury Gap, the Long Trail, and the Mad River Valley within 20–30 minutes.
- •Middlebury, about 6 miles west, has Middlebury College and the area's largest choice of restaurants.
What Makes This Area Interesting
- •Middlebury Gap: 8 miles east on Route 125; the Long Trail crosses here with day hike options in both directions.
- •Middlebury: 6 miles west; Middlebury College campus, the Otter Creek waterfall in town, and several good restaurants.
- •Robert Frost Interpretive Trail: near the Waybury Inn on Route 125; a short loop through the woods where Frost farmed and wrote.
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Frequently Asked
The exterior was used as the Stratford Inn in the CBS series Newhart (1982–1990). The interior wasn't filmed there, but the building's identity is intertwined with that connection. It's a real inn with real history independent of the TV association.
About 45 minutes via Route 125 over Middlebury Gap and north on Route 100. The road over the gap is plowed in winter, but snow tires are advisable.
Frost farmed in the area around East Middlebury and Ripton for much of his career. The Robert Frost Interpretive Trail near Route 125 passes through the landscape he wrote about, with poems posted along the path.