SHELBURNE AREA INFO & ACCOMMODATIONS

Useful Information and Web Links for Shelburne Farms
and the Greater Burlington, Vermont Area

Community Works Institute's Summer Institute on Service-Learning
will take place in the "Coach Barn" at Shelburne Farms, a genuinely unique location for educators to retreat, inspire, and reinvigorate themselves.


About Shelburne Farms:
Shelburne Farms (802-985-8686) is an environmental education center and national historic site located on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont. Shelburne Farms is convenient to the city of Burlington, (a 20 minute drive), with numerous options for local accomodations. Burlington International Airport is a twenty minute drive from Shelburne Farms. Burlington itself is approxiamately a two hour drive due south of Montreal.

Directions to Shelburne Farms
Below are a few links to information and accommodation options
in the Burlington–Shelburne area.
You will find acommodations on or near "Shelburne Road." will provide
the quickest access to Shelburne Farms itself.

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Accomodations: We highly recommend considering the
Inn at Shelburne Farms, (photo at left) located on Lake Champlain, a 5 minute walk from our Summer Institute location. Prices are reasonable with a wide range of rooms and cottages available—early reservations are suggested!

Special Rate Available: For the best rates and quality we highly recommend Smart Suites, (802-860-9900) which is close (15 minutes by car), locally owned, and provides excellent accomodations. Smart Suites is offering Institute participants a special rate for a limited number of suites—including studio king suites at $89/night. (Approx. 50% discount off regular summer rate).This offer is good through early June. Be sure to tell them you are with Community Works Institute when you register.

Heart of The Village is actually the closest lodging—a bed and breakfast—and is recommended but does not offer a discount (Toll-free: 877-808-1834). Camping is also an option beginning with the spectacularly beautiful Mt. Philo, a Vermont State Park. This is a VERY small park and reservations may be made by calling 802-425-2390 –between 6 and 8 pm. Additional options can be found at Virtual Vermont


General Area Links:
• Seven Days Weekly: excellent local news and listings (food, nightspots, etc.)
• Burlington Chamber of Commerce
• Burlington Free Press: mainstream local newspaper
• Car Rentals: Enterprise at BI Airport is affordable, courteous, and professional (802-863-2111)
• Smart Suites, on Shelburne Road (800-860-9900)
• The Shelburne Museum: One of the nation's most ecclectic musems
• Shelburne Town Web Site
• Burlington Lodging and Tourism
• Lodging.Com for Burlington area–seek Shelburne Rd. area
• State of Vermont Offical Tourism Site
• Vermont Life Magazine