Wayside Inn Grist Mill, Sudbury: Photos, Reviews & Location

Water-powered stone mill, built in 1929, producing cornmeal & wheat flour, with demonstrations.

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#1 of 4 Tourist attractions in Sudbury

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.80

8.5 km from the center of Sudbury

Rating breakdown

5 ★85%
4 ★13%
3 ★1%
2 ★0%
1 ★0%

72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776

wayside.org

(978) 443-1776

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Wayside Inn Grist Mill?: Wayside Inn Grist Mill is rated 4.8 out of 5 based on 1,390 reviews.
How does Wayside Inn Grist Mill rank in Sudbury?: Wayside Inn Grist Mill is #1 of 4 Tourist attractions in Sudbury by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Wayside Inn Grist Mill located?: 72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 — 8.5 km from the center of Sudbury.
How can I contact Wayside Inn Grist Mill?: Phone: (978) 443-1776 · Website: wayside.org

Reviews (11)

Michael Boyce 2024 May 02

This is a special place for our family. My wife and I got married at the Martha-Mary Chapel on the grounds. We recently took our 3 kids there for a stroll on a nice afternoon. It’s a beautiful spot that’s good for the soul.

Patricia McDowell 2023 Nov 03

This is one of my favorite places to visit. Beautiful landscape for senior pictures and weddings. There is a beautiful church and a small red school house from the original children's song ( Mary had a little lamb. The history behind the gristmill and school house is amazing!!

John D 2023 Oct 25

This entire area is fantastic. From the old school house to the grist mill and pond. Lots of parking hidden around the area. Short trails will also take you to each landmark.

Melissa J 2023 Oct 18

This is a beautiful place to visit in the fall. Went this past Sunday, and it's a great place to walk around and admire the scenery.
Although this past visit there were so many people doing photo shoots in the middle of the day, and they get annoyed bc you are basically walking through their shoot. This past weekend, it was the worst I've ever seen it, and I've been going for a long time.
Great place to visit, but photographers that do shoots need to realize this is a place for families to walk around and enjoy themselves.

Haley Green 2023 Aug 13

So amazing and met the most interesting mill operator i heavily recommend and learned a lot about everything there. Please stop by, it’s beautiful and has a lot of history right there in vermont. Great local cafe nearby too which allows me to see myself working here or even doing more.

Louise Edwards 2023 Jul 24

Love this place, so much to look at and loaded with interesting history. Many areas to walk and explore. Don't miss out on the church, old school house, Wayside Inn and barn filled with crafts and antiques. Also beautiful in the Fall

Aaron Green 2023 Jul 17

Interesting and free. Cheap and easy. We enjoyed our visit. This place is very picturesque and cool. A fun and short stop. The guy talking to tourists at the Grist mill was very interesting.

Ashutosh Kulkarni 2023 Jun 03

Awesome place to capture the pics or do the photoshoot (there is QR code to pay for photo sessions I think it is $25/shoot). But there is no charge to take the pics of watermill. There is small trail which leads to pond and view of pond is fabulous.. there are many small trails which runs through the stream gives lots of piece of mind with sound of water.

RL W 2023 May 22

This place has always been a great place to go when you want to relax and get away from it all. I always come down here and walk my dog Nacho, and we both love it. I used to come here with my late wife to relax. There are great people here to chat with too. I wanted to share something with you about February 4th, 2023.
Even though it was freezing; Nacho and I came down to the Grist mill to take a walk because we were more protected here than anywhere else around. The trees were shielding us from the wind.
With that said we still didn't last very long; Nacho did his thing, I took a picture of the frozen fall and we were off. LOL
The feel of the combined temperature and wind chill factor was close to minus 30 degrees below 0. I noticed that the water fall was totally frozen in place, so I took the attached picture. If you look closely hopefully you can see the water falling is frozen in place. Enjoy my friends.

gunjita joshi 2022 Oct 10

It's one of my fav local spot to spend some time and soak in nature. It's beautiful in every season.

Sara Beth Wade 2022 Aug 16

It's a beautiful spot, even just for a picnic or a photo session - of which I saw several. Or just for a walk, there are several paths nearby. It's supposed to be open to tour from 9-5 during the warm months, though it didn't open until the afternoon the Sunday I went, so it might be a little hit or miss. To tour it, make sure to walk up the stairs to the back of the top floor, the mill part is there, then down some tight stairs is the metal gear room that takes the energy from the turning wheel and transfers it to the millstones above. None of it was turning during my visit but I overheard something about Saturdays in September, so maybe they're doing something special then. It's free to visit, but there are boxes for donations.