Top Vermont Cocktail Party Outdoor Spaces

• Spaces for 200-225 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 space at this venue

Discover The Wilburton, a historic hilltop estate in Manchester Vermont, the perfect setting for the destination wedding of your dreams. We specialize in romantic luxury Vermont weddings, with an outdoor ceremony on the grand lawn, cocktail hour on the terrace and spectacular receptions for up to 200 guests in our Vermont marble pavilion tent. We offer onsite lodging in our historic mansions and vacation homes for more than 100 guests, so you can spend a full weekend with your friends and family, enjoying fun activities together. We have pool, tennis, lawn games, sculpture gardens and walking trails on site. You can add a welcome party bonfire, rehearsal dinner, bonfire or breakfast, all onsite. Our full-service packages, include full coordination of your weekend, catering and bar.

• Spaces for 40-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor

Just minutes from historic Woodstock Village, On The River Inn offers a warm, relaxed stay for couples, families, and travelers looking to slow down and reconnect. Surrounded by nature and Vermont charm, the inn features comfortable rooms, a farm-fresh bistro, indoor pool, hot tub and sauna, and year-round access to the best of the Green Mountain.

• Spaces for 210-300 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Total Spaces

Set in Manchester Village, Vermont, amid the Green Mountains, The Equinox Golf Resort & Spa traces its roots to 1769, when the property began as Marsh Tavern. Today the resort pairs that New England history with a championship golf course, a full-service spa, and dining venues including Chop House, Falcon Bar, Marsh Tavern, and Dormy Grill. For events, The Equinox offers 18,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor space across 15 rooms, accommodating groups from small board meetings to gatherings of up to 350 guests. The Colonnade, the resort's largest indoor space, features floor-to-ceiling windows and original architectural detail, while the Meadow House Tent hosts tented outdoor celebrations for up to 300 guests against mountain views. The resort hosts weddings, corporate retreats, association meetings, and holiday programs, with a dedicated events team and full-service catering using Vermont-sourced ingredients. Guests can extend their stay with year-round activities such as golf, fly fishing through Orvis, hiking, skiing, and Land Rover driving experiences across the resort's grounds.

• Spaces for 50-162 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Barns
• 2 Farms

Robinson Farm is a 100-acre farmhouse property in Woodstock, Vermont, offering weekend event rentals just five minutes from the heart of Woodstock Village. The land was first settled in 1777 and later worked as a dairy farm; its sugarhouse appeared on the cover of Vermont Life magazine in the 1960s. Today the restored property pairs two historic event barns with on-site farmhouse lodging. The Red Barn, built in 1915, is a spacious two-level venue with exposed beams, café lighting, and an adjacent outdoor gathering area, hosting up to 152 guests for ceremonies and receptions. The Yellow Barn, built in 1865, is a more intimate space with vaulted ceilings and an attached deck, well suited to rehearsal dinners and welcome gatherings for up to 50 guests. Both venues include farmhouse tables, chairs, and sound systems, with mountain and meadow views as a backdrop. Weekend rentals run from Friday noon through Monday noon, giving hosts time to decorate, celebrate, and clean up at their own pace. Guests can extend their stay in the seven-room Farmhouse or the three-bedroom Guest House, and explore over 100 acres of private hiking trails. The property is pet-friendly, and food and bar service are available through Farmhouse Catering Company and Bar Bear.

• Spaces for 100-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Total Spaces

Bolton Valley is a year-round mountain resort in Vermont's Green Mountains, roughly 30 minutes from downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain, set among more than 5,000 acres of high mountain forest. Founded in 1966 by Ralph DesLauriers, the resort has remained family-owned for nearly six decades and is now managed by four of his children alongside a dedicated team. For weddings and private events, Bolton Valley offers two mountain venues: The Ponds, a classic outdoor ceremony and reception site overlooking a spring-fed pond with panoramic mountain views, and Timberline Lodge, the resort's newer venue with a slope-side ceremony site, an attached patio, and a reception area with panoramic mountain views. Both venues include tables, chairs, linens, and a day-of wedding coordinator, and host ceremonies and receptions across all four seasons. Couples and guests can extend their celebration with the resort's amenities, including indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and hot tub, scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, a golf simulator, tennis and pickleball courts, and skiing and snowboarding in winter.

• Spaces for 72-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Hotel
• 2 Total Spaces

Built in 1793 as the home of Colonel Joseph Marsh, Vermont's first lieutenant governor, the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm is a Georgian-style property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The inn overlooks Dewey's Mill Pond and the Ottauquechee River, surrounded by spruce and hardwood trees on its Vermont farmstead grounds. Wide pine floors, Queen Anne furnishings, and period antiques carry the inn's 19th-century character through its 22 guest rooms and 3 suites, updated with modern conveniences like wireless internet and air conditioning. The inn hosts destination weddings for up to 200 guests, with full-service catering served in a framed steel tent set on a brick courtyard beside the property's historic red barn, or across the meadows and back fields for ceremonies. Indoors, the Main Dining Room, Porter Library, Common Room, and Gallery Dining Room host smaller receptions and rehearsal dinners, with an adjoining awning-covered patio for cocktail hour. Wedding parties can take over the inn entirely from Friday dinner through Sunday morning. In the afternoons, guests gather in the Common Room for fresh baked cookies and, in colder months, a wood-burning fireplace.

• Spaces for 65-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Restaurant
• 4 Total Spaces

The Middlebury Inn has anchored the village green in Middlebury, Vermont since 1827, when Nathan Wood opened it as the Vermont Hotel. Renamed the Addison House in 1852 and substantially renovated under Allen Calhoun beginning in 1897, the property reopened as The Middlebury Inn in 1927 and has operated continuously for more than 180 years. The adjacent Porter Mansion, an 1825 brick home with a curved staircase and marble fireplaces, joined the inn in 1941 and holds nine Victorian guest rooms, while twenty modern annex units followed in 1968. Set in the heart of the Champlain Valley overlooking Middlebury's town green, the inn pairs its historic character — antique grandfather clocks, carved mantelpieces, and Victorian-accented guest rooms — with amenities including Morgan's Tavern restaurant, Waterfalls Day Spa, a business center, and complimentary fitness center access. For events, the inn offers the Founder's Room, a high-ceiling ballroom with crown molding and a working marbled fireplace overlooking the town square, along with an outdoor courtyard nestled between two of its historic buildings — settings suited to weddings, elopements, corporate meetings, and private celebrations.

• Spaces for 110-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm

The Intervale Center sits on 180 Intervale Road in Burlington, Vermont, a floodplain landscape along the Winooski River that the nonprofit has shaped into farmland, gardens, and public trails. At the heart of the property is a rustic barn dating to the 1860s, renovated and set on two landscaped acres with gardens, a willow tree, and a frog pond, about a mile from downtown Burlington. The Community Barn hosts weddings and celebrations from mid-May through mid-October, seating up to 110 guests indoors or up to 200 with an outdoor tent. Tables, chairs, a portable PA system, bistro lighting, and on-site staff support are included with the rental, and a charcoal grill is available for licensed caterers. The Intervale Center itself is open to the public 365 days a year, with recreational trails running along the Winooski River toward the Ethan Allen Homestead for biking, birding, walking, and winter skiing. Proceeds from barn rentals support the organization's work building a local food economy in Burlington.

• Spaces for 200-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Resort
• 1 Waterfront

The Ponds at Bolton Valley is one of two wedding venues at Bolton Valley Resort, tucked into Vermont's Green Mountains about 30 minutes from Burlington. Described by the resort as its classic and quintessential Vermont wedding venue, the space overlooks a spring-fed pond and takes in panoramic mountain views, with a rustic reception building that comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests. Ceremonies take place beneath a decorated arbor by the water, with an indoor setup available as a backup for inclement weather, and the property is available the day before for a coordinated rehearsal. Reception packages run five hours and include tables, chairs, linens, place settings, glassware, and flatware, alongside a day-of wedding coordinator and a complimentary tasting ahead of the big day. Couples celebrating at The Ponds can also add on resort amenities such as scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, and a golf simulator, along with seasonal offerings like skiing and snowshoeing, making it a setting for weddings across every season, from winter to fall.

• Spaces for 35-120 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar

Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe has been owned and operated by the Halvorson family for over 40 years on the top block of Burlington, Vermont's Church Street Marketplace. The restaurant is known for its casual atmosphere and beautiful outdoor seating in the heart of downtown Burlington. Behind the cafe, just off Church Street, Halvorson's operates a private event space open year-round. The rental includes up to four areas: an open-air courtyard framed by an ivy-covered brick wall, a built-in bar, and two adjacent indoor rooms suited for dining, activities, cocktail hours, or presentations. The space accommodates up to 35 guests seated or 120 guests standing, with the restaurant's professional staff on hand to handle event details. Each summer, Halvorson's also hosts the Courtyard Music Series, a run of evenings featuring local music and beverages in the courtyard, with proceeds benefiting Vermont nonprofits.

• Spaces for 40-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Restaurant
• 3 Total Spaces

Set on 112 acres along Coldbrook at the base of Haystack Mountain in West Dover, Vermont, The Hermitage Inn is a historic country inn built in the early 1800s as a summer retreat. After sitting abandoned for three years, the property was purchased in 2021 by Mary Lou Ricci and Tim Hall, who oversaw a full renovation of the Inn, restaurants, and grounds. The grounds include a trout pond, apple orchards, private gardens, hiking and cross-country ski trails, and a covered bridge, with Mount Snow just a few miles away. The Hermitage Inn hosts weddings, elopements, micro-weddings, rehearsal dinners, and corporate retreats across a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, from garden and orchard ceremony sites to a tented lawn reception and the historic Wine Cellar. Full-service wedding planning, in-house floral design and decor, and full-property buyouts are available for couples and groups planning an event. Executive Chef Bobby Will leads the culinary program, which draws on local producers and artisans across the Tavern, the Birches Dining Room, the Orchard Terrace, and the Wine Cellar, recognized with Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Fourteen guest rooms and suites, including a four-bedroom Carriage House, provide lodging for overnight guests.

• Spaces for 16-650 Guests
• 7 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Restaurant
• 18 Total Spaces

For more than 140 years, Basin Harbor has been shaped by five generations of the Beach family, beginning in 1882 when Ardelia Beach opened her farmhouse on the shores of Lake Champlain to visitors seeking an escape from the city. What began as a working farm grew, under Allen Penfield Beach, into a full resort with cottages, a golf course, a dance hall, and an airfield — additions that still define the property today. Set on the Vermont shoreline with views across Lake Champlain to the Adirondack Mountains, Basin Harbor now offers dining at Ardelia's restaurant, an 18-hole golf course, a boat club, and lakeside recreation alongside more than a dozen indoor and outdoor event spaces. Waterfront lawns, a tented dock, and historic rooms host everything from intimate dinners to weddings and group events for 300 or more guests, with rain contingency planning and on-site lodging in inn rooms, cottages, and private houses supporting multi-day celebrations.

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Estate
• 1 Tent

Farm Road Estate sits on 35 private acres in the Green Mountains of West Dover, Vermont, a property whose history traces back to an 18th-century sawmill before it was converted into a boutique inn. The estate includes two ponds for swimming, fishing, or canoeing and kayaking, along with hiking trails, a kitchen garden, and fire pits scattered across the grounds. Forbes has named the property one of the most romantic places to stay in the world. Described as a full-service, quintessential Vermont wedding destination, Farm Road Estate hosts weddings of all sizes and in all seasons. Couples can hold a ceremony on the expansive lawn beside the property's two ponds or in the Enchanted Forest, then move the celebration into the 18th-century Great Room or the outdoor event tent, which accommodates up to 300 guests for dancing and receptions. On-site dining includes Sawmill Bar & Table, a farm-to-table restaurant led by Executive Chef Christopher Lauinger that draws on the estate's own agricultural bounty, as well as the more casual Red Door Burger Co.

• Spaces for 50-100 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Farms
• 2 Total Spaces

Sandiwood Farm is an 80-acre working farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, run by Bob and Sara Schlosser since 1988. Set on a hilltop in Wolcott, the farm looks out over Mount Mansfield, Mt. Elmore, and the Worcester Range, with a stone arch, an open field, a small pond, thriving gardens, and an operating maple sugarbush among its ceremony sites. Weddings are hosted through three all-inclusive packages, including a forest-and-field ceremony site for up to 50 guests and a greenhouse space with a stone archway for up to 100 guests, along with elopement and micro-wedding packages for up to 10. Sara, a certified Justice of the Peace, officiates ceremonies on-site or off. Packages can include table arrangements, bridal and wedding-party bouquets, boutonnieres, and Vermont maple syrup favors, all drawn from the farm's own gardens and sugarbush. Beyond weddings, Sandiwood Farm hosts rehearsal dinners, farm-to-fork dinners, reunions, corporate gatherings, and fundraisers in its event greenhouses, and offers overnight stays in cabins and campsites scattered around the property for couples and guests extending their visit.

• Spaces for 165-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

Common Ground Center is a nonprofit retreat and camp facility set on a 473-acre property in Starksboro, Vermont, about 30 minutes from Burlington. The grounds include forests, open fields, hiking trails, and a two-acre swimming pond, with views of the Hogback and Green Mountains — a backdrop couples often plan around, with many choosing September or October dates for Vermont's fall foliage. For weddings, couples can use the Hay Barn, a renovated barn with exposed beams and a cathedral-like feel for indoor ceremonies; the Dining Hall, the largest facility on site, which seats up to 165 guests and features a bamboo dance floor and a screened porch for cocktail hour; and open fields that accommodate up to 200 ceremony guests. The Eco-Lodge offers a year-round option well suited to small winter weddings. Overnight guests can stay across the property in twenty off-grid cabins, tent platforms, or the Eco-Lodge's eight private-bath guestrooms. A fully equipped commercial kitchen and wood-fired brick oven give couples the flexibility to hire their own caterer. The site is 100% solar-powered, and Common Ground Center — a nonprofit multi-age arts, education, and outdoor recreation center — also hosts youth camps, family camps, and retreats throughout the year.

• Spaces for 130-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space

The Colonel Williams Inn and Barn has stood on Route 9 in Marlboro, Vermont for over 250 years, making it the oldest structure in town. Captain William Williams, a Revolutionary War officer and member of Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, purchased the property in 1769 and built the barn that still stands today; the family's original 1772-73 home now serves as the inn's main entrance and lobby. The nine-acre property sits atop a hill with meadows, forest, and a spring-fed pond. The 18th-century barn hosts weddings and private events for up to 150 guests, with 130 comfortably seated. Packages include 48 hours of property access before the ceremony, professional event coordination, tables, linens, china and flatware, décor inventory, custom up-lighting and pathway lighting, and an indoor dining room as a weather contingency. Couples booking the barn also receive two nights in the wedding suite. The venue also hosts micro and mini weddings for 2 to 50 guests and offers catering for 50 or fewer guests, rehearsal dinner packages, bar packages, lawn games, and a fire pit. Beyond weddings, the inn operates as a bed and breakfast with guest rooms, including pet-friendly accommodations, available for weekend stays and family reunions.

• Spaces for 16-50 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 3 Total Spaces

West Hill House B&B is a historic 1850s farmhouse turned Vermont inn set on nine peaceful acres in Warren, in the state's Green Mountains. Nine guest rooms are joined by "The Commons" — three spacious shared rooms — along with gardens, meadows, ponds, and wooded grounds that create a quiet, secluded backdrop for gatherings. Owned and run by innkeepers Eric and Teresa Meadow, the inn is a member of Select Registry and the Association of Lodging Professionals, and has received TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award each year from 2020 through 2025. For weddings and private events, the property's Handsome Red Barn and surrounding outdoor settings — a gazebo, gardens, meadows, and pond-side spots — host elopements, micro-weddings for up to 16 guests, and intimate weddings, receptions, and dinners for up to 50. In-house catering is available for smaller groups of 6 to 18, while the Handsome Red Barn accommodates larger stand-up receptions or seated dinners for up to 50 guests, with round or rectangular table setups and space for dancing. The same barn space converts to a retreat and meeting venue for groups of up to 24, complete with WiFi and projection equipment, while the B&B's boardroom, Sun Room, and covered Garden Terrace offer additional space for smaller meetings and gatherings.

• Spaces for 30-500 Guests
• 3 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Bar
• 9 Total Spaces

Burke Mountain Hotel & Conference Center sits mid-mountain at Burke Mountain Resort in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, a four-season, ski-in/ski-out and bike-in/bike-out property with 116 guest rooms ranging from studios to three-bedroom suites. For ceremonies, the hotel's Pavilion Landing sits at 2,600 feet in elevation with views of Willoughby Gap and is available May through October, while the post-and-beam Day Lodge — with its two stone fireplaces and second-floor perch over the mountain vistas — serves as an indoor ceremony site or backup location. The Ballroom, wrapped in 270 degrees of floor-to-ceiling windows facing both the Willoughby Gap and the slopeside landscape, is the hotel's most popular space for wedding receptions, large conferences, and meetings, and pairs with the adjoining Darling Room for cocktail hours and welcome parties. Smaller gatherings can turn to Willoughby's, a slopeside room with a built-in custom bar and direct patio access, or First 13, a private space attached to the View Pub with a gas fireplace, popular for rehearsal dinners and after-parties. For meetings and conferences, the hotel offers more than 8,000 square feet of space, including breakout rooms and outdoor areas, with high-speed internet, A/V and telecommunications capabilities, and on-site catering and guest rooms.

• Spaces for 30-100 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Garden

Built in 1949 as one of Stowe's original ski lodges, Timberholm Inn sits on a wooded hillside between historic Stowe Village and Mount Mansfield, with views of the Worcester Mountain Range. The Stowe Historical Society recognizes the property for its place in the town's post-war ski-lodge era, and its knotty pine interiors and large fieldstone Great Room fireplace still reflect that original character alongside modern updates like WiFi and a year-round hot tub. The inn's nine guest rooms, including two family-style suites, allow the full property to be booked for weddings, corporate retreats, family reunions, and other private gatherings, accommodating up to 23 overnight guests, 30 people for an indoor event, and 75 for an outdoor event. The Great Room serves as the inn's central gathering space, hosting daily homemade breakfast and indoor events beneath its fieldstone fireplace, while the grounds offer a lawn, gardens, and a fire pit for outdoor use. A full inn rental includes access to Timberholm's network of local caterers, photographers, and other event vendors.

• Spaces for 24-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Bar
• 3 Total Spaces

Shelburne Vineyard planted its first grapes in 1998 on the east shore of Lake Champlain, in what locals call Vermont's "banana belt" — a near sea-level stretch of the Champlain Valley warm enough to sustain cold-climate winemaking. The working vineyard's grounds, with sweeping views toward the water and vines running down to a great lawn, set the backdrop for weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, and other private gatherings. Guests are typically hosted in the Tasting Room, a 806-square-foot space centered on an elegant cherry tasting bar built from wood grown on nearby Shelburne Farms, with French doors opening onto flagstone patios and vineyard views. A separate loft overlooks the tasting room and offers a smaller, more intimate space for seated dinners or standing receptions. From late spring through early fall, the outdoor patio and lawn extend the celebration further into the vines, with tented capacity available through Vermont Tent Company. Shelburne Vineyard's events team works directly with hosts to plan weddings, corporate events, fundraisers, and holiday parties, and can accommodate catered dining throughout the property.