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Attractions near Fairfax

From Fairfax, 20 mi to Lake Champlain

Around Fairfax, the places to visit include 6 ski areas, 5 museums and a lake. None of our places to visit is inside Fairfax; 15 are within 40 miles. The trip to Haskell Free Library and Opera House is 49 mi.

Attractions nearby
32
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Lake Champlain
Ski areas
9
Stowe Mountain Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 20 mi southwest

Lake Champlain

Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where things are

Furthest from the centre is The Museum of Everyday Life, 39 mi away.

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Orange: Fairfax. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

Nothing is inside Fairfax itself; these 32 are within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Fairfax → · Fairfax’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Lake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Haskell Free Library and Opera House: Thomsonmg2000, CC0 · Whiteface Mountain: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jay Peak Resort: Hanumanix at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ausable Chasm: Alan Prusila / Alanp35 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0 · John Brown Farm State Historic Site: Mwanner | Talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Montgomery: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green Mountain National Forest: Brian W. Schaller, FAL · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herb Brooks Arena: KevinTR at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Fort Crown Point: Daniel M. Horowitz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bolton Valley Resort: Gopats92, Public domain · Burke Mountain Resort: Patrick McCaffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Santa's Workshop: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site: Gerald L. Hann, Attribution · Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium: Aaron danielg at English Wikipedia, Public domain · St. Johnsbury Athenaeum: Gopats92 Jonathan Leo Connor, CC BY 3.0 · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: Jegelewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sullivan Museum and History Center: SMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0

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