Hikes: Vermont

Hike Name Clarendon Gorge*
Closest Town Clarendon, VT
Difficulty Level** Easy
Distance 0.2 miles round trip
Features River, gorge
Description The trip to Clarendon Gorge is so short, it is not really a hike, but it is an easy introduction to the A.T. and a beautiful spot to visit.  Walk south on the A.T., cross the bridge over the gorge, and take the pathway down to the water.  (Please do not create new trails!)  After visiting the gorge, please retrace your steps to continue.
Directions The trailhead parking area is on Vermont 103, 2.4 miles east of its intersection with US 7, north of Clarendon.

 

Hike Name White Rocks*
Closest Town Wallingford, VT
Difficulty Level** Moderate to Strenuous
Distance 4.6 miles round trip
Features Views
Description Walk westward a few yards to the A.T., cross VT 40 , and use a bridge to get across Roaring Brook.  Step over Sugar Hill Road in 0.3 mile and ascend through a hemlock forest to cross Bullly Brook. Stay left on the A.T. where the Keewaydin Trail joins from the right at 1 mile. A blue blazed trail on the left at 1.8 miles leads to Greenwall Shelter in 0.2 mile. Continue to ascend on the A.T., but turn right onto the White Rocks Cliff Trail at 2.1 miles. A steep, rocky descent at 0.2 mile brings you to the cliffs.  Retrace your steps to continue.
Directions The A.T. parking area, on a driveway off Vermont 40 is 2.7 miles east of Wallingford.

 

Hike Name Little Rock Pond*
Closest Town Danby, VT
Difficulty Level** Easy to Moderate
Distance 5.8 miles round - trip (Option for 7.5 mile loop also included)
Features Views, pond
Description From the trailhead at the parking lot on Forest Service 10 (Danby-Landgrove Road), hike north on the A.T. Reach the southern end of Little Rock Pond at mile 2.  The Trail skirts the eastern shore of the pond for the next 0.4 mile. At the northern end of the pond, the Green Mountain Trail, which can be used to create a 7.5 mile loop,  turns left off of the A.T. Even if you don't care to follow this trail back to the parking lot, you may want to follow it a short distance to join up with the Little Rock Pond Loop Trail, which can be followed back to the southern end of the pond. You will return to your car by way of the A.T. If you decide to follow the Green Mountain Trail , climb 1 mile up the ridge to the summit of Green Mountain. Continue following the Trail for another 4.1 miles as it traverses and descends the ridge to FS 10, about 0.1 mile west of the parking lot at the A.T. trailhead.
Directions The A.T. crosses Danby - Landgrove Road (Forest Service 10) 3.5 miles east of US 7 in Danby.

 

Hike Name Styles Peak*
Closest Town Peru, VT
Difficulty Level** Moderate to Strenuous
Distance 3.2 miles round trip
Features Views
Description Follow the A.T. north.  Volunteers with the Green Mountain Club have constructed rock steps to make the steepest section of the climb more manageable.  Continually ascending the forested slopes, you will lreach the open summit of Styles Peak at 1.6 miles.  Retrace your steps to return.
Directions Parking is available on the dirt and gravel Mad Tom Notch Road (Forest Service Road 21), 4 miles west of Peru, near Vermont 11.