Unsure if it's your style, but Little River State Park is nearby. Ask at the ranger station for the map for the "history hike", there's a town that was cut off by the creation of the reservoir and there's beautiful stands of maples to walk through and check out the stone fences, abandoned orchards and sugar bushes, grave sites, foundations, and even one lone standing building.

You could also head to Waitsfield and see the Rt 100 drive which is gorgeous.